Extension of liver tissue into the thorax following a right extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma.
A 56-year-old male underwent a right extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Two years after the operation, an intrathoracic mass was suspected of recurrence by imaging, however, biopsy revealed that the mass was actively proliferating liver tissues. We discussed this condition in terms of ectopic liver proliferation.
Yoshino
Ichiro
I
Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yamaguchi
Masafumi
M
Kameyama
Toshifumi
T
Takuro
Kometani
K
Osoegawa
Atsushi
A
Yohena
Tomofumi
T
Koga
Masaomi
M
Maehara
Yoshihiko
Y
D001706:Biopsy; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed