[Meningeal metastasis of pleural mesothelioma].
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.
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Département de Médecine, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif.
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D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
Métastase méningée d'un mésothéliome pleural.