title: Desmoplastic malignant mesothelioma.
abstract: Desmoplastic mesothelioma is a rare subtype of diffuse malignant mesothelioma. A 72-year-old woman from East Anatolia presented with chest pain. The images of body positron emission tomography revealed irregular, left pleural thickening involving mediastinal and diaphragmatic surfaces with hypermetabolic characterization. The diagnosis of desmoplastic malignant mesothelioma was confirmed by minithoracotomy and immunohistochemical staining with pan-cytokeratin, cytokeratin 5/6, calretinin, carcinoembryonic antigen, thyroid transcription factor-1, CD15, and HMB-45 on the biopsy specimen. This case is unique in terms of the reporting patient being from a nonendemic area for asbestos-related diseases and in terms of its rare histopathology.
authors.affiliation: Immunology and Allergy Clinic, Erzurum Region Training and Research Hospital, Ministry of Health, Erzurum, Turkey. aysebaccioglu@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ayşe
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baççioğlu
authors.forename: Erkan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaba
authors.forename: Sevilay A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ozmen
authors.forename: Munir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demirci
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000473:pathology*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*