title: An Autopsy Case Report of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma with Deciduoid Features.
abstract: Deciduoid mesothelioma is a rare variant of epithelioid mesothelioma. We experienced the case of a 73-year-old man with asbestos exposure who was diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma with deciduoid features. He received chemotherapy containing six cycles of cisplatin and pemetrexed and survived for twenty-five months after the diagnosis. At autopsy, the final diagnosis was biphasic pleural mesothelioma. Cells with deciduoid features had mostly disappeared, and spindle cells markedly proliferated. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first autopsy case of malignant pleural mesothelioma with deciduoid features that exhibited a response to chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Yokohama City University Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryota
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ushio
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Ryohei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miyake
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishigatsubo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; D001194:Asbestos / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001344:Autopsy; D018450:Disease Progression; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D000086002:Mesothelioma, Malignant; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D001194:Asbestos