A Case of Primary Pericardial Malignant Mesothelioma.

Kim, Do Youn; Kim, Young Kyun; Kim, Young; Chang, Yoon Soo; Kim, Hyung Jung; Ahn, Chul Min; Ryu, Young Hoon

doi:2004.57.6.599

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 57(6); 2004 > Article

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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2004;57(6):599-603.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2004.57.6.599 Published online December 1, 2004.

A Case of Primary Pericardial Malignant Mesothelioma.

Do Youn Kim, Young Kyun Kim, Young Kim, Yoon Soo Chang, Hyung Jung Kim, Chul Min Ahn, Young Hoon Ryu

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. yschang@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
²The institute of Chest Disease, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of Radiology Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Primary pericardial malignant mesothelioma is a lethal and rare cardiac neoplasm of mesodermal origin. Most cases are associated with history of pericarditis with constriction and/or tamponade. Authors experienced a case of primary pericardial malignant mesothelioma in a 55-year old female who had suffered from dyspnea and chest pain. Pericardial nodules revealed intense uptake by FDG-PET scan and confirmed as primary pericardial malignant mesothelioma by thoracoscopic biopsy. Here we report this case with a brief review of the relevant literatures.

Key Words: Primary pericardial malignant mesothelioma, FDG-PET, calretinin stain