title: Benign multicystic peritoneal mesothelioma associated with hydronephrosis and colovesical fistula formation: report of a case.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Tameside General Hospital, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: McCaffrey
authors.forename: Fung J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Foo
authors.forename: Neha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dalal
authors.forename: Kamran H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
mesh_terms: 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