The coexistence of mesothelioma and other primary malignancies has been previously reported in literature, but the finding of a pleural mesothelioma with a synchronous peritoneal mesothelioma has not been reported so far. We report a case of a 58-years-old woman that came to our attention for the incidental finding of an inguinal mass. Fine-needle biopsies of the mass and a thoracoscopy with pleural biopsies were performed, after imaging studies showed pleural thickenings suspicious for malignancy. Histological morphology and growth pattern were similar in both cases. Both tumors stained for calretinin, but only the pleural mesothelioma showed positivity for Wilms-Tumor 1 antibody. We tried to demonstrate with molecular biology techniques whether they were synchronous or one was the metastasis of the other, but our studies did not give informative results. The prognosis in this case is poor, and after 6 months the patient is still following a chemotherapy regimen, which is the only practicable approach given the extent of the disease.

Synchronous pleural and peritoneal malignant mesothelioma : a case report and review of literature / A. Del Gobbo, S. Fiori, G. Gaudioso, E. Bonaparte, S. Tabano, A. Palleschi, S. Bosari, S. Ferrero. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY. - ISSN 1936-2625. - 7:5(2014 Apr 15), pp. 2484-2489.

Synchronous pleural and peritoneal malignant mesothelioma : a case report and review of literature

A. Del Gobbo
Primo
;
S. Fiori
Secondo
;
G. Gaudioso;E. Bonaparte;S. Tabano;A. Palleschi;S. Bosari
Penultimo
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S. Ferrero
2014

Abstract

The coexistence of mesothelioma and other primary malignancies has been previously reported in literature, but the finding of a pleural mesothelioma with a synchronous peritoneal mesothelioma has not been reported so far. We report a case of a 58-years-old woman that came to our attention for the incidental finding of an inguinal mass. Fine-needle biopsies of the mass and a thoracoscopy with pleural biopsies were performed, after imaging studies showed pleural thickenings suspicious for malignancy. Histological morphology and growth pattern were similar in both cases. Both tumors stained for calretinin, but only the pleural mesothelioma showed positivity for Wilms-Tumor 1 antibody. We tried to demonstrate with molecular biology techniques whether they were synchronous or one was the metastasis of the other, but our studies did not give informative results. The prognosis in this case is poor, and after 6 months the patient is still following a chemotherapy regimen, which is the only practicable approach given the extent of the disease.
EGFR; Mesothelioma; X-chromosome inactivation; peritoneal malignancy; pleural malignancy
Settore MED/08 - Anatomia Patologica
Settore MED/03 - Genetica Medica
15-apr-2014
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