title: Pseudomesotheliomatous carcinoma due to pleural metastasis from renal pelvic cancer.
abstract: A 78-year-old man was referred to our department with a one-week history of dyspnea and coughing. A chest X-ray showed massive left pleural effusion. Computed tomography revealed diffuse irregular thickening of the left pleura similar to malignant mesothelioma and multiple nodules in both lungs. The patient died of respiratory failure nine days after hospitalization. An autopsy revealed metastasis to the pleura and lungs from urothelial carcinoma of the left kidney.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, National Hospital Organization Disaster Medical Center, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katsuya
authors.forename: Munehisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukusumi
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ibe
authors.forename: Kazushige
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wakuda
authors.forename: Atsuto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mouri
authors.forename: Yoichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hamamoto
authors.forename: Kazuaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamimura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010388:Pelvis / Q000473:pathology; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed