title: Recurrent malignant pleural mesothelioma: case report.
abstract: A 42-year-old woman with malignant pleural mesothelioma was admitted initially to the Texas Heart Institute in 1967 for removal of a chest wall tumor. She subsequently underwent 17 additional thoracotomies for removal of recurrent localized tumor during a 15-year period. She died in 1982 at age 56 from cardiopulmonary failure secondary to extensive recurrent mesothelioma.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgery, Texas Heart Institute of St. Luke's Episcopal and Texas Children's Hospitals, Houston 77225, USA.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cooley
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Frazier