Localized isolated intrapericardial mesothelioma: a case report

Mohammed Alaa Nady,

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.5740

Mohammed Alaa Nady¹, Hussein Elkhayat¹, Mohammed Mahmoud Mostafa¹, Maged Abdelfattah²

¹Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Assiut University Hospitals, Egypt
²Department Oncology, South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, Egypt

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.5740

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There are several cancers and diseases which affect the pericardial space around the heart, and pericardial mesothelioma is one of the rarest pathology. It is the most common primary malignant pericardial tumor. The clinical presentation of malignant pericardial mesothelioma includes chest pain, shortness of breath, coughing and severe nocturnal sweating. In this article, we report the fifth case of the localized isolated pericardial mesothelioma in the literature and the longest survival at two years reported so far.

Keywords : Mesothelioma; pericardium; thoracotomy

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