We report a case of a 58-year-old Japanese man with epithelioid-type MPM, with a left chest wall protruding tumor, who underwent extrapleural pneumonectomy and chest wall resection. Postsurgical pathology showed that surgical margins were free of mesothelioma cells. Positron emission tomography taken 5 years after surgery showed no recurrence at any site, suggesting that long-term survival could be dependent on margin-free tumor resection or that specific MPM subgroups have lower malignant potential, leading to improved survival.
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Yamashita, Y., Harada, H., Mukaida, H., & Kaneko, M. (2014). Extrapleural pneumonectomy plus rib resection for malignant pleural mesothelioma: a case report. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 9, 176. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-014-0176-7
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