title: [Localized benign pleural mesothelioma observed at the Dakar University Hospital].
abstract: We report two cases of localized benign pleural mesothelioma with different clinical features. Neuropsychiatric symptoms, including coma, hemiplegia, seizures and misbehavior predominated in the first case, associated with hypoglycemia. The symptoms in the second case were essentially respiratory (cough, dyspnea, and chest pain). Treatment consisted in thoracotomy and complete surgical resection. Histopathology revealed fusiform cells and collagen stroma. These two cases illustrate the diversity of clinical expression of benign localized pleural mesothelioma and confirm their complete resolution after surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie, CHU de Fann, BP 5435, Dakar Fann.
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authors.lastname: Ndiaye
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authors.lastname: Hane
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authors.lastname: Ndiaye
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authors.lastname: Diatta
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mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology