< Terug naar vorige pagina
Publicatie
Mesothelioma with a large prevascular lymph node
Tijdschriftbijdrage - Tijdschriftartikel
Ondertitel:N1 involvement or qomething different?
A 64-year-old man presented with a large amount of right-sided pleural fluid on imaging, together with calcified pleural plaques and an enlarged nodular structure in the prevascular mediastinum, presumably an enlarged lymph node. Pleural biopsies were obtained during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery to exclude malignancy. Histopathology showed an epithelial malignant pleural mesothelioma. Induction chemotherapy with cisplatin and pemetrexed was administered followed by an extended pleurectomy and decortication with systematic nodal dissection. Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of a ypT3N0M0 (stage IB) mesothelioma, and an unexpected thymoma type B2 (stage II) was discovered in the prevascular nodule. Simultaneous occurrence of a mesothelioma and thymoma is extremely rare. (C) 2018 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Tijdschrift: The annals of thoracic surgery
ISSN: 0003-4975
Volume: 105
Pagina's: E189 - E191
Jaar van publicatie:2018
Trefwoorden:A1 Journal article
BOF-keylabel:ja
Toegankelijkheid:Closed