[A case of giant mesothelioma from visceral pleura which has feeding artery from pulmonary artery].
55-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for cough. Chest X-ray films showed a giant tumor shadow in right anterior pleural cavity. Pulmonary arteriography showed a feeding artery from the branch of right superior trunk. We diagnosed the tumor might be mesothelioma from visceral pleura with stalk. We operated the patient and the tumor was turned out to be mesothelioma pathologically. The patient had a postoperative re-expansion pulmonary edema and recovered in a week. She lives well without recurrence for 3 years 8 months.
Sasaki
H
H
Department of Respiratory Surgery, Oota-Nishinouchi Hospital, Kooriyama, Japan.
Oota
T
T
Sakuma
H
H
Hanafusa
Y
Y
Kataoka
D
D
Chida
M
M
Maeda
S
S
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery