Foreign body granuloma mimicking recurrence of malignant pleural mesothelioma. (2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nakasuka, Takamasa; Fujimoto, Nobukazu; Hara, Naofumi; Miyamoto, Yosuke; Yamagishi, Tomoko; Asano, Michiko; Nishi, Hideyuki; Kishimoto, Takumi
• Is Part Of: Respiratory medicine case reports. Volume 16(2015)
• Page Start: 95
• Page End: 96
• Publication Date: 2015
• Subjects: Asbestos -- Foreign body granuloma -- Mesothelioma -- Pleura -- Pneumonectomy; MPM malignant pleural mesothelioma -- EPP extrapleural pneumonectomy -- FBG foreign body granuloma -- CT computed tomography -- 18-F-FDG fuorine-18 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose -- PET positron emission tomography; Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Chest -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiratory Tract Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiratory System -- Periodicals; Chest -- Diseases; Respiratory organs -- Diseases; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.09.002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2213-0071

Abstract

Abstract: A 72-year-old man visited our hospital due to right pleural effusion. He had worked as a welder at a shipbuilding company and had been exposed to asbestos. Cytological examination and thoracoscopic pleural biopsy yielded a diagnosis of epithelial malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM); extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) was performed. Two years later, he became aware of right-back swelling that became a fist-sized mass over 2 months. Microscopy of a tissue specimen revealed no malignant cells, but did indicate foreign body granuloma. Subcutaneous lesions that develop after EPP do not necessarily result from the recurrence of MPM, but could have benign etiologies.