Clinical analysis of 10 patients with pleural mesothelioma in surgical treatment / 中国癌症杂志
China Oncology
; (12)2001.
Article
en Zh
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-675002
Biblioteca responsable:
WPRO
ABSTRACT
Purpose:To investigate the clinical features,diagnosis, surgical treament and prognosis of pleural mesothelioma. Methods:A retrospective study was conducted in a total of 10 cases of pleural mesothelioma hospitalized from January 1980 to June 2000. Results: None of the 10 patients had history of exposure to asbestos,and the clinical manifestation were chest pain and feeling of compression,cough,shortness of breath. Pleural thickening or nodules were found in radiography examaination with or without pleural effusion.Of 10 cases,4 cases were localized type and 6 cases were diffused type, 8 cases received surgery(5 cases received radical operation and 3 cases received palliative operation) Conclusions:Exposure to asbestos or not has no definite relations to pleural mesothelioma,cytology examination of pleural effusion is not very helpful in pathologic diagnosis due to low positive rate.CT scan and pleural needle biopsy are helpful preoperatively. Surgical operation is the optional treatment in localized type and the prognosis is good,but prognosis is poor in diffused type and multimodality therapy is emphasized.
Texto completo:
1
Base de datos:
WPRIM
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
/
Prognostic_studies
Idioma:
Zh
Revista:
China Oncology
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article