Malignant Mesothelioma Articles - Diagnostic Difficulties

This is an abstract of an article about Malignant Mesothelioma published at PubMed by the NIH.

Pol Merkuriusz Lek. 2004 Oct;17(100):380-1.

[Malignant mesothelioma of the pleura--diagnostic difficulties]

Drozdowska A, Damps-Konstanska I, Kobierska-Gulida G, Madrzak J, Kuziemski K, Pienkowska J, Ucinska R, Slominski JM.

Klinika Alergologii Akademii Medycznej w Gdansku.

Malignant mesothelioma of the pleura is a rare neoplasm with a poor prognosis. Noncharacteristic clinical signs, radiological features and similarity to other neoplasma (adenocarcinoma) in a microscopical evaluation lead to often diagnostic problems. Thoracoscopy followed by biopsy is routinely performed and is considered a main diagnostic procedure. Microscopic samples are usually examined by immunohistochemical analysis. In this report, presented is a case of malignant pleural mesothelioma, in which final diagnosis was delayed because of difficulties in diagnosis based on thoracoscopic biopsy.

PMID: 15690708 [PubMed - in process]