Malignant Mesothelioma Diagnosed by Bronchoscopic Biopsy

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

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Yeon-Hee Park¹  Jae-Woo Choi¹  Sang-Ok Jung¹  Min-Ji Cho¹  Da-Hyun Kang¹  Chae-Uk Chung¹  Dong-Il Park¹  Jae-Young Moon¹  Hee-Sun Park¹  Sung-Soo Jung¹  Ju-Ock Kim¹  Sun-Young Kim¹  Jeong-Eun Lee¹ 

[1] Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine

关键词: Mesothelioma;    Malignant;    Bronchoscopy;    Biopsy;   

DOI  :  10.4046/trd.2015.78.3.297

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

【 摘 要 】

Malignant mesothelioma is a rare malignant neoplasm that arises from mesothelial surfaces of the pleural cavity, peritoneal cavity, tunica vaginalis, or pericardium. Typically, pleural fluid cytology or closed pleural biopsy, surgical intervention (video thoracoscopic biopsy or open thoracotomy) is conducted to obtain pleural tissue specimens. However, endobronchial lesions are rarely seen and cases diagnosed from bronchoscopic biopsy are also rarely reported. We reported the case of a 77-year-old male who was diagnosed as malignant mesothelioma on bronchoscopic biopsy from obstructing masses of the endobronchial lesion.

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