title: Malignant primary peritoneal mesothelioma: report of two cases and review of literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Malignant primary peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare and highly aggressive tumor. This tumor can be misdiagnosed as ovarian carcinoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two cases of malignant primary peritoneal mesothelioma that were misdiagnosed as ovarian carcinoma were operated in our instutition. Patients were 74 and 45 years-old at admittance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Malignant primary peritoneal mesothelioma is being a problem for gynecologic oncologists because of the close similarity with epithelial ovarian cancer. Diagnosis and treatment of these patients are still under debate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bilim University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dunder
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baykal
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Turkmen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Başsüllü
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Doğusoy
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Demir
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*