Benign multicystic peritoneal mesothelioma associated with hydronephrosis and colovesical fistula formation: report of a case.
Mesotheliomas usually arise from the pleura and are malignant. We report an unusual case of benign peritoneal mesothelioma presenting in a 59-year-old woman. The disease resulted in bilateral hydronephrosis, colovesical fistula formation, recurrent small bowel obstruction and chronic abdominal pain. To date only a handful of cases have been reported and to the best of our knowledge, none has been so aggressive.
McCaffrey
James C
JC
Department of General Surgery, Tameside General Hospital, Manchester, UK.
Foo
Fung J
FJ
Dalal
Neha
N
Siddiqui
Kamran H
KH
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000209:etiology*; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence