[Spinal cord compression from a malignant pleural mesothelioma].
Thoracoscopy-talc led to the diagnosis of epithelial pleural mesothelioma in a 58-year-old man who presented with pleurisy. The course was rapidly unfavorable despite systemic chemotherapy. Dorsal pain revealed invasion of the spine and spinal canal leading to cord compression three months after the diagnosis of mesothelioma.
Margery
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Service de Médecine, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France. j.margery@wanadoo.fr
Grassin
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F
Le Moulec
S
S
Ruffié
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D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000209:etiology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae