title: Malignant Mesothelioma Diagnosed by Bronchoscopic Biopsy.
abstract: Malignant mesothelioma is a rare malignant neoplasm that arises from mesothelial surfaces of the pleural cavity, peritoneal cavity, tunica vaginalis, or pericardium. Typically, pleural fluid cytology or closed pleural biopsy, surgical intervention (video thoracoscopic biopsy or open thoracotomy) is conducted to obtain pleural tissue specimens. However, endobronchial lesions are rarely seen and cases diagnosed from bronchoscopic biopsy are also rarely reported. We reported the case of a 77-year-old male who was diagnosed as malignant mesothelioma on bronchoscopic biopsy from obstructing masses of the endobronchial lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Yeon-Hee
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang-Ok
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Min-Ji
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Da-Hyun
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Chae-Uk
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong-Il
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Hee-Sun
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung-Soo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Ju-Ock
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Sun-Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong-Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Biopsy; Bronchoscopy; Mesothelioma, Malignant