Cerebral metastasis from malignant pleural mesothelioma

Malignant mesothelioma is an uncommon, highly invasive tumor derived from the mesothelial cells of pleura or peritoneum characterized by poor outcome. Mesothelioma was thought to metastasize locally only via direct invasion and not have distant spread. Distant metastases were discovered mostly on po...

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Published in:Journal of surgical case reports 2013-09, Vol.2013 (9), p.rjt087-rjt087
Main Authors: El Molla, Mohamed, Gragnaniello, Cristian, Al-Khawaja, Darweesh, Chiribao-Negri, Concepcion, Eftekhar, Behzad
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Language:English
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Summary:Malignant mesothelioma is an uncommon, highly invasive tumor derived from the mesothelial cells of pleura or peritoneum characterized by poor outcome. Mesothelioma was thought to metastasize locally only via direct invasion and not have distant spread. Distant metastases were discovered mostly on post-mortem examination. The authors present a case of 62-year-old man with pleural mesothelioma and brain metastasis.
ISSN:2042-8812
2042-8812
DOI:10.1093/jscr/rjt087