Primary Malignant Mesothelioma of the Pericardium: A Case Report.
10.3348/jkrs.1996.35.3.347
- Author:
Hee Hong PARK
1
;
Young Hi CHOI
;
Tae Hoon KIM
;
Yeon Hee LEE
;
Young Kwon KIM
;
Dong Sun HAN
;
Jeong Hee CHO
;
Pil Mun YU
Author Information
1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pericardium, MR;
Pericardium, CT;
Pericardium neoplasms
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Heart;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Mesothelioma*;
Pericardium*;
Young Adult
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
1996;35(3):347-350
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Primary malignant mesothelioma of the pericardium is a very rare and highly lethal neoplasm. Diagnosis is a difficult problem and most of the cases reported in the literature were diagnosed at postmortem. We report a caseof primary malignant mesothelioma of the pericardium in a 22 year-old man. CT and MR imaging both showed diffuse irregular pericardial thickening, soft tissue density with cystic lesion, nodular bulging into the myocardium, permeative growth of the tumor, and encasement of the heart and two great vessels.
