Pleural Mesothelioma: Unexpected Finding in a Young Man

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چکیده

Pleural mesothelioma is the disease of elderly, usually in seventh decade life. Asbestos exposure most common finding among these patients. Other causes include a simian virus, radiation exposure, genetic predisposition and erionite. Common symptoms shortness breath, weight loss, dull achy chest pain on site lesion anorexia. effusion video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) biopsy investigation choice. pleurectomy, pleuro-pneumonectomy cisplatin-based therapy are management modalities depending upon stage disease. We presenting an unusual case pleural young patient with no significant to causative agent.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Gandhara medical and dental sciences

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['2312-9433', '2618-1452']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37762/jgmds.9-3.310