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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:2316
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Images in cardiothoracic surgery

Localized Fibrous Mesothelioma: An Extremely Rare Benign Pleural Tumor

Christophoros Kotoulas, MD a , * , Maria Fotinou, MD b , Emily Tsaroucha, MD b , Marios Konstantinou, MD b , Achilles Lioulias, MD b

a General Military Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece
b Chest Diseases Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece

* Address correspondence to Dr Kotoulas, 82 Grasmere Rd, Gatley, Cheadle, SK8 4RS, UK (Email: chrkotoulas@hol.gr).

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A 43-year-old white housewife presented with nonproductive cough and fever. No asbestos exposure was documented. Physical examination and blood tests were normal. Chest roentgenogram showed a left loculated pleural effusion. Computed tomographic scan revealed a lunate, mixed-density, mass-like lesion pleural-based (Fig 1).


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