Laparoscopic diagnosis and treatment of a well-differentiated papillary mesothelioma of the peritoneum.
Well-differentiated papillary mesothelioma is a rare neoplasm of peritoneum, found mainly in women of reproductive age, and usually misdiagnosed as an ovarian mass. A 46-year-old woman was clinically suspected of having an adnexal mass. Peritoneal mesothelioma was diagnosed and successfully removed at laparoscopy. Laparoscopy allows differentiation from ovarian serous tumors and treatment of the lesions. Long follow-up is recommended because of the tendency to recur.
Porpora
Maria Grazia
MG
Dipartimento di Scienze Ginecologiche, Perinatologia, e Neonatologia, Policlinico Umberto I, viale Regina Elena, 324-00161 Rome, Italy.
Brancato
Valeria
V
D'Elia
Claudia
C
Natili
Marina
M
Alò
Piero Luigi
PL
Cosmi
Ermelando Vinicio
EV
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*