A left pleural effusion with a calcified tumoral mass and left hemithoracic uptake on bone scan.

Date publication

mai 2001

Journal

Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr AVEROUS Gerlinde , Pr CHENARD Marie-Pierre

Tous les auteurs :
Quoix E, Chenard MP, Orion B, Lang-Averous G, Dopff-Kaissling A

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11325492

Résumé

Diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma is a rare primary tumor of the pleura with three principal histological types, epithelial; mesenchymal and mixed epithelial and mesenchymal. We report here a case of a mesenchymal mesothelioma with foci of osteosarcomatous degeneration revealed by dense calcifications associated with the pleural effusion on the computed tomography (CT) of the thorax. The bone scan revealed extraosseous uptake corresponding to the left pleura.

Mots clés

Aged, Asbestosis, complications, Bone and Bones, diagnostic imaging, Calcinosis, diagnostic imaging, Cell Differentiation, Humans, Male, Mesoderm, pathology, Mesothelioma, diagnostic imaging, Occupational Diseases, complications, Osteogenesis, Osteosarcoma, diagnostic imaging, Pleural Effusion, Malignant, diagnostic imaging, Pleural Neoplasms, diagnostic imaging, Radionuclide Imaging, Smoking, Thorax, diagnostic imaging, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Référence

Lung Cancer. 2001 May;32(2):203-5