[Lung cancer and peritoneal mesothelioma: two complications of asbestos exposure in the same patient].
BACKGROUND
Association of a lung cancer and a malignant peritoneal mesothelioma is reported in a 78-year-old patient with significant asbestos exposure.


METHODS
After exploration of an intra-pulmonary opacity, with inspissated pleura, the diagnosis of primary pulmonary adenocarcinoma was obtained by thoracotomy in April 1999. In February 2002, the diagnosis of peritoneal mesothelioma was made by laparoscopy. The course was marked by irreducible ascites and was fatal 7 months after the diagnosis of peritoneal mesothelioma.


CONCLUSIONS
Malignant mesothelioma is a rare disease and even rare in association with lung cancer.
Amsalhem
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Service de Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Meulan-Les Mureaux, 1, rue du Fort, 78250 Meulan. PAMS4@wanadoo.fr
Kuhnle
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M
Bellamy
J
J
Coblence
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JF
Leroy-Terquem
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D000368:Aged; D001194:Asbestos / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
D001194:Asbestos