Difficulties in diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma of the pleura - case reports

Adrianna Drozdowska; Krzysztof Kuziemski; Ewa Jassem; Jan M. Słomiński

Vol 4, No 2 (2005): Polish Palliative Medicine

Case reports

Published online: 2005-05-04

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Difficulties in diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma of the pleura - case reports

Adrianna Drozdowska, Krzysztof Kuziemski, Ewa Jassem, Jan M. Słomiński

Advances in Palliative Medicine 2005;4(2):81-84.

Vol 4, No 2 (2005): Polish Palliative Medicine

Case reports

Published online: 2005-05-04

Abstract

Malignant pleural mesothelioma of the pleura is a difficult diagnostic problem. Diagnosis is often delayed due to nonspecific clinical symptoms, a variety of radiological images and similarity to other neoplasms particularly adenocarcinoma in microscopical evaluation. The mainstay of diagnosis is histopatological and immunohistochemical analysis of microscopic samples obtained during thoracoscopy or diagnostic thoracotomy in equivocal cases. In this report, presented are three cases of malignant pleural mesothelioma are presented.