title: Thoracoscopic resection of a localized visceropleural mesothelioma.
abstract: Herein we present a case report of a 46-year-old man with a localized visceropleural mesothelioma detected incidentally during a health examination. The patient underwent a thoracoscopic resection, and his postoperative course was uneventful. A thoracoscopic resection of peripheral localized nodules can be easily performed using thoracoscopic techniques, and this method should not be considered inferior to thoracotomy in terms of curability.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Matsuzoe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shirakusa
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*