title: Primary intrahepatic malignant epithelioid mesothelioma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Primary malignant hepatic mesotheliomas are extremely rare. We report the case of a patient with primary intrahepatic malignant mesothelioma who was treated in our department.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 66-year old male patient was admitted to our department for the evaluation of anemia. An abdominal computed tomography scan revealed a large space occupying lesion in the right liver lobe.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The tumor was subsequently resected and a diagnosis of primary intrahepatic malignant mesothelioma was made after pathologic examination. The patient did not receive adjuvant therapy and is currently alive and free of disease, 36 months after the resection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To our knowledge this is the eighth adult case of primary intrahepatic malignant mesothelioma reported in the literature. These tumors are rarely diagnosed preoperatively. Absence of previous asbestos exposure does not exclude malignant mesothelioma from the differential diagnosis. Proper surgical treatment may offer prolonged survival to the patient, without adjuvant therapy.
authors.affiliation: Third Surgical Department, "George Gennimatas" General Hospital of Athens, Mesogeion Ave 154, 156 69 Athens, Greece. Electronic address: iraklisper@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Iraklis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Perysinakis
authors.affiliation: Third Surgical Department, "George Gennimatas" General Hospital of Athens, Mesogeion Ave 154, 156 69 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Alexander M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Nixon
authors.affiliation: Third Surgical Department, "George Gennimatas" General Hospital of Athens, Mesogeion Ave 154, 156 69 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Spyridakis
authors.affiliation: Pathology Department, "George Gennimatas" General Hospital of Athens, Mesogeion Ave 154, 156 69 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kakiopoulos
authors.affiliation: Pathology Department, "George Gennimatas" General Hospital of Athens, Mesogeion Ave 154, 156 69 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Charalampos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zorzos
authors.affiliation: Third Surgical Department, "George Gennimatas" General Hospital of Athens, Mesogeion Ave 154, 156 69 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ilias
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Margaris
keywords: Epithelioid type; Intrahepatic; Malignant mesothelioma