Primary mesotheliomas are rare tumours derived from the mesothelial cells of major serous cavities. They most commonly occur in the pleural cavity, but in recent years the incidence of peritoneal mesothelioma has been increasing. The prognosis for these tumours is generally poor, death normally occurring within one year of diagnosis, but can be improved by earlier diagnosis and aggressive manag...

We present a case of a male patient with a breast mass, found to be a malignant mesothelioma. We discuss the diagnostic challenges, the need for heightened awareness in suspected cases, the histological classification of mesotheliomas and the treatments available. We believe this to be the second reported case of a mesothelioma presenting as a breast mass.

In order to assess the value of radiotherapy in the treatment of pleural mesotheliomas, we studied tumour response and survival after hemithorax irradiation alone (RT), or radiotherapy combined with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide chemotherapy (RTCT). Forty seven patients with pleural mesotheliomas received irradiation of the diseased hemithorax at 8 MV (megavolt) photons to a total dose of 40...

Mesotheliomas usually arise from the pleura and are malignant. We report an unusual case of benign peritoneal mesothelioma presenting in a 59-year-old woman. The disease resulted in bilateral hydronephrosis, colovesical fistula formation, recurrent small bowel obstruction and chronic abdominal pain. To date only a handful of cases have been reported and to the best of our knowledge, none has be...

CONTEXT Poliovirus vaccine contaminated with live simian virus 40 (SV40), a macaque polyomavirus that is tumorigenic in rodents, was used extensively in the United States between 1955 and 1963. Simian virus 40 DNA has recently been detected in several rare human tumors, including ependymomas, osteosarcomas, and mesotheliomas. OBJECTIVE To determine the risk of ependymoma, osteosarcoma, and me...