title: Metastatic malignant pleural mesothelioma masquerading as a case of acute abdomen secondary to small bowel perforation.
abstract: Metastatic pleural mesothelioma is a rare disease. The present study aimed to report a rare presentation of metastatic malignant mesothelioma (MM). The patient was an elderly man who presented with small bowel (jejunal) perforation secondary to metastatic pleural mesothelioma deposits. This was a rare presentation of a rare disease and the first reported case in the published studies in which MM masqueraded as bowel perforation prior to the primary diagnosis.
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authors.affiliation: Dr. Khayal Alkhayal, Department of Surgery,, King Saud University,, Riyadh 11472, Saudi Arabia, T: +966-11-4692800,, F: Fax: +966-11-4699353, kalhayal@ksu.edu.sa, ORCiD ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8296-808X.
authors.forename: Khayal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alkhayal
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*