title: Localized benign mesothelioma of the pleura associated with a hypoglycemic episode.
abstract: A patient had severe, episodic hypoglycemia with a mass occupying almost the entire left hemithorax. This mass was initially thought to be an inoperable intrathoracic malignant neoplasm. The findings during operation and the histologic appearance, however, were of a unique, localized benign mesothelioma.
mesh_terms: D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery