Case Report
Cerebral metastasis from malignant pleural mesothelioma
Mohamed El Molla, Cristian Gragnaniello, Darweesh Al-Khawaja, Concepcion Chiribao-Negri, Behzad Eftekhar
Published:
September 01, 2013
DOI:
10.1093/jscr/rjt087
License:
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Abstract
Malignant mesothelioma is an uncommon, highly invasive tumor derived from the mesothelial cells of pleura or peritoneum characterized by poor outcome. Mesothelioma was thought to metastasize locally only via direct invasion and not have distant spread. Distant metastases were discovered mostly on post-mortem examination. The authors present a case of 62-year-old man with pleural mesothelioma and brain metastasis.