Metastases in malignant pleural mesothelioma: a new radiological appearance.
This report describes a patient with malignant pleural mesothelioma who presented with a right-sided pleural effusion and contralateral parenchymal metastases manifesting as alveolar opacities with air bronchograms. This radiological pattern of metastases has never been described before. The patient died from respiratory failure related to extensive parenchymal metastases, an outcome seldom reported with malignant pleural mesothelioma.
Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Mirna
M
Fares
Ossama
O
Abbas
Ghassan
G
Jamaleddine
Pierre
P
Bou-Khalil
D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed