title: Primary pericardial mesothelioma: a case report.
abstract: The imaging features of primary pericardial mesothelioma have rarely been described. Herein we present a case report of its diagnostic-pathologic features. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed an irregularly enhanced mass occupying the entire pericardial space and surrounding the superior vena cava. At autopsy, the tumor was found to fill the pericardial space completely, and to extend to the superior vena cava through the superior pericardial sinus. The CT features of the tumor were correlated well with those revealed at autopsy, and provided satisfactory information regarding the presence and the extension of the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Tama-Nagayama Hospital, Nippon Medical School, 1-7-1 Nagayama, Tama-shi, Tokyo 206-8512, Japan. kobachan@nms.ac.jp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ogura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagasawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hosone
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumazaki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010496:Pericardium