Pleural Mesothelioma in a young male patient

Pleural mesothelioma in a young male patient.

We present the case of a 33-year-old male patient suffering from lymphocytic pleural effusion, as a result of pleural mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is a malignant tumor of the pleura that is mainly caused by chronic exposure to asbestos fibers and more than 40 years of exposure are needed to develop the disease. Early studies on the relationship of asbestos and mesothelioma were issued in the 1960...

Sacrococcygeal Nodule in a Young Male Patient

Vol. 26, No. 6, 2014 771 Received November 6, 2013, Revised November 28, 2013, Accepted for publication November 29, 2013 Corresponding author: Hee Young Kang, Department of Dermatology, Ajou University School of Medicine, 164 World Cup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon 443-380, Korea. Tel: 82-31-219-5190, Fax: 82-31-219-5189, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the...

Biatrial Myxoma in a Young Male Patient

cc This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A 22-year-old man presented with low-grade fever and hemoptysis of four month duration, a...

Pleural mesothelioma in a non-shipyard electrician.

Case report A 38 year old white man was admitted to another hospital with left sided pleuritic chest pain with effusion (January 1974). Two previous episodes of pleurisy with effusion had occurred in March 1972 and November 1973, both ofwhich cleared spontaneously. Both episodes were of unknown aetiology. The patient denied any weight loss, chills, fevers, cough, haemoptysis, or abdominal or jo...

Pleural mesothelioma in a lift mechanic.