DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES OF PERITONEAL MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA

Valeriu Sbârcea1, Anca Rosu1, C. Searpe1, Mihaela Tenovici2
1) Clinic of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, CFR Clinical Hospital, University of Medicine and Pharmacy. 2) Department of Histopathology, CFR Clinical Hospital, Craiova

Abstract

We present the case of a 71-year-old female patient admitted to the hospital with ascites, which started to develop three months after a pleurisy was diagnosed as being of tuberculotic. After ruling out peritoneal carcinomatosis, the diagnosis of peritoneal malignant mesothelioma was established based on the clinical and imaging findings and confirmed by histopathological and immunohistochemical tests. This case was the starting point of a review of this pathological condition.