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Ann Thorac Surg 1989;48:590-591
© 1989 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Giant Benign Mesothelioma

David M. Watts, MD, Gary P. Jones, MD*, Greg A. Bowman, MD, John D. Olsen, MD

Departments of Surgery and Medicine, Tripler Army Medical Center, Tripler, Hawaii

Accepted for publication March 22, 1989.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Jones, MacArthur Surgical Clinic, 3311 Prescott Rd, Suite 200, Doctors Building, Alexandria, LA 71301

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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