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Case Reports
. 1989 Oct;48(4):590-1.
doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)66873-7.

Giant benign mesothelioma

D M Watts  1 , G P Jones, G A Bowman, J D Olsen
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Case Reports

Giant benign mesothelioma

D M Watts et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 1989 Oct.

Abstract

Pleural mesothelioma is a rare neoplasm that is usually highly malignant, but benign mesotheliomas do occur; approximately 400 cases are described in the literature. We report the case of a young woman with a massive benign mesothelioma that filled the entire left hemithorax but was successfully resected with full reexpansion of the lung.

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