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Abstract
Case Report
A long-term-survivor of multiple malignant pleural mesothelioma with multiple nodules
Takeshi Hattoria Akihiko Tanakab Yuichirou Fukasawac Taijirou Mishinab Shigeaki Oguraa Hiroshi Yamamotoa
aDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Medical Center
bDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Sapporo City General Hospital
cDepartment of Pathology, Sapporo City General Hospital
ABSTRACT
A 58-year-old man was found to have 6 masses localized in the right thoracic lesion during a treatment of brain infarction. A video-assisted surgical biopsy specimen of the mass showed a malignant pleural mesothelioma. Extra-pleural pneumonectomy and lymph node dissection (ND2A) were performed followed by radiation therapy (45 Gy). No microscopic evidence of metastasis and diffuse pleural spread was found in the resected specimen. The patient has been alive without findings of recurrence over 7 years and was a rare case of malignant pleural mesothelioma with multiple nodules.
KEYWORDS
Malignant pleural mesothelioma Long-survival Extrapleural pneumonectomy Multidisciplinary therapy
Received 6 Apr 2015 ／ Accepted 17 Mar 2016
AJRS, 5(4): 194-198, 2016
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