IMR Press / EJGO / Volume 27 / Issue 6 / pii/2006250

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Case Report

Benign cystic mesothelioma presenting as a huge pel vie mass - a case report

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1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
2 Department of Pathology, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
Eur. J. Gynaecol. Oncol. 2006, 27(6), 621–622;
Published: 10 December 2006
Abstract

Benign cystic mesothelioma is an extremely rare peritoneal tumor. It is reported in women of childbeering age but also in male it can be found; and it need a very carefully differential diagnosis between benign and malign neoplasia for the choose of adeguate therapy. A 25-year-old was treated in our clinic for a gigantic cystic mass (diametros 25 × 22 × 3) conteining many cysts of different diam­eters. All tumoral markers were withing normal renge. The surgical treatment consisted of radical excision of the mass with good prognosis.

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