Desmoplastic malignant mesothelioma of the pericardium: Description of a case and review of the literature

Lung India

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-221

  Nicolini, Antonello ^a   Perazzo, Alessandro ^a   Lanata, Sergio ^a  

^a Ospedale di Sestri Levante   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asbestos exposure; desmoplastic malignant mesothelioma; involvement; pleura pericardial

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

AGED; ASTHENIA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; COUGHING; DESMOPLASTIC MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PERICARDIAL BIOPSY; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA THICKENING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 80052521114     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: 0974598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.83985     Document Type: Review

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