title: [Peritoneal mesothelioma: long-course ascites as the only clinical manifestation].
abstract: The mesothelioma is a rare tumor, especially in its peritoneal location (20%). Most of these cases are related to an exposition to asbestos long time age. We present a patient with long-evolution ascites and without any other clinical manifestations. The study of the ascitic fluid, the imaging techniques and the peritoneoscopy did not allow the diagnosis in the first place. Only after one year of follow-up and when the patient recalled, in a directed interrogation, her occupational contact with asbestos thirty years age, the diagnosis could be established.
authors.affiliation: Deparmento de Medicina, Servicios de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Militar Central Gómez Ulla, Universidad Complutense, Madrid.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pérez de Oteyza
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Torres León
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Menéndez Martínez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pastor Gómez
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: García de Salazar
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Ramírez García
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Mesotelioma peritoneal: ascitis de larga evolución como única manifestación clínca.