title: Extrapleural pneumonectomy for primary pleural mullerian tumor in a young woman.
abstract: We present a case of a low-grade mullerian tumor of right pleural origin in a 23-year-old woman treated with an aggressive multimodal treatment paradigm. This tumor is heretofore undescribed in the medical literature. She received induction therapy of carboplatin and paclitaxel with minimal response, then had a maximally cytoreductive right extrapleural pneumonectomy. She subsequently underwent intensity-modulated radiotherapy to the right hemithorax. We propose a treatment paradigm for this previously undescribed primary pleural mullerian tumor.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Swedish Cancer Institute, Center for Pleural Diseases, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA. alex.farivar@swedish.org
authors.forename: Alexander S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Farivar
authors.forename: Brian E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Louie
authors.forename: Ralph W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Aye
authors.forename: Matthew P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Horton
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vallières
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult