title: [Meningeal metastasis of pleural mesothelioma].
abstract: Meningeal metastases from malignant mesotheliomas are rarely observed. We report the case of a 54-year-old man with an asymptomatic pleural effusion and simultaneous sensitive and motor disorders of the right hemibody. A meningeal localization of a pleural malignant mesothelioma was discovered and confirmed by a comparative immuno-histological analysis. Here we present a differential diagnosis and a review of the literature to give prominence to diagnostic pitfalls in this rare disease.
authors.affiliation: Département de Médecine, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ruffie
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Varlet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ciolocca
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Métastase méningée d'un mésothéliome pleural.