Localized fibrous malignant peritoneal mesothelioma in an operated patient with massive hemorrhage to the peritoneal cavity
Naka, H.; Itoh, Y.; Okuyama, T.; Tanabe, T.; Matsuura, K.; Mima, S.; Kawauhi, H.; Kunita, H.; Hosokawa, Y.; Hirao, M.
Gan no Rinsho. Japan Journal of Cancer Clinics 30(2): 185-193
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-4949 PMID: 6608596 Document Number: 232866
We reported an operated patient with localized peritoneal mesothelioma. The patient was a 39-year-old man who had occasionally complained of left hypochondralgia for 5 years before admission. Progressive anemia due to hemorrhage into the peritoneal cavity was noted after admission. Peritoneoscopy revealed the bleeding to be located between the left lobe of the liver and the anterior wall of the stomach. On the 22nd hospital day, surgery was performed and a fist-sized tumor was resected. Microscopically, it was fibrous malignant type of the peritoneal mesothelioma. Chemotherapy was performed 3 times after the operation, and the patient is living and well 1 year and 8 months postoperatively.