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2012

Primary Malignant Mesothelioma of the Appendix

INTERNAL MEDICINE
  • Kazunao Hayashi
  • Masaaki Takamura
  • Yuichi Sato
  • Kumiko Takahashi
  • Hiromi Sato
  • Kazumi Youkou
  • Hisashi Yokoyama
  • Minoru Nomoto
  • Chihiro Inoue
  • Go Hasegawa
  • Yutaka Aoyagi
  • Display all

Volume
51
Number
9
First page
1027
Last page
1030
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.2169/internalmedicine.51.6990
Publisher
JAPAN SOC INTERNAL MEDICINE

We report a case of primary malignant mesothelioma of the appendix. A 35-year-old man without any history of asbestos exposure was admitted to our hospital for further examination following the discovery of multiple liver tumors, an ileocecal tumor, and abdominal lymph node swelling. An ultrasound-guided liver tumor biopsy revealed malignant mesothelioma. Despite receiving systemic chemotherapy, he died 3 months after the initial diagnosis. At autopsy, a diagnosis of multiple organ metastases from a malignant biphasic mesothelioma of the appendix was made. To our knowledge, this is only the second reported case of primary malignant mesothelioma of the appendix.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.51.6990
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22576381
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000304604400006&DestApp=WOS_CPL
URL
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3514-8166
ID information
  • DOI : 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.6990
  • ISSN : 0918-2918
  • ORCID - Put Code : 47378702
  • Pubmed ID : 22576381
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000304604400006

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