Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma with lymph node metastasis that originated in the transverse colon

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Case Report

Eiji Hidaka¹  Fumio Ishida¹  Shin-ei Kudo¹  Jun-ichi Tanaka¹  Shoji Shimada¹  Yuichi Mori¹  Kenta Nakahara¹  Chiyo Maeda¹  Shumpei Mukai¹  Tomokatsu Omoto¹  Shungo Endo¹  Daisuke Takayanagi¹  Yusuke Takehara¹ 

[1] Digestive Disease Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, 35-1 Chigasaki-chuo, Tsuzuki-ku, 224-8503, Yokohama, Kanagawa pref., Japan;

关键词: Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma;    localized mesothelioma;    transverse colon;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7819-12-112

 received in 2013-12-08, accepted in 2014-04-09,  发布年份 2014

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundWe report an extremely rare case of resection of localized biphasic malignant peritoneal mesothelioma of the transverse colon.Case reportComputed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in a 72-year-old man showed a tumor with enhanced borders consistent with the transverse colon. Colonoscopy showed ulcerative lesions in the transverse colon, but histological examination showed no malignancy. A gastrointestinal stromal tumor was strongly suspected, so an extended right hemicolectomy was performed. Histopathological examination showed that the tumor was a localized malignant peritoneal mesothelioma of the transverse colon. The patient did not receive postoperative chemotherapy and died 18 months after surgery.ConclusionsThe number of patients with malignant mesotheliomas is predicted to increase in the future both in Japan and in western countries. We report this case due to its probable usefulness in future studies pertaining to the diagnosis and treatment of malignant mesotheliomas.

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