Rojas J L, Alfageme I, De la Cruz I, Reyes N, Muñoz J
Respiratory Unit, Valme University Hospital, Seville, Spain.
Respiration. 2001;68(1):106-8. doi: 10.1159/000050474.
We present the case of a 57-year-old patient who had worked at a fiber-cement factory for 28 years. The patient developed an epithelioid-type pleural mesothelioma 5 years after retiring, after he was diagnosed with asbestosis. Only 5 months after the diagnosis of mesothelioma, a medullar section appeared to be totally invaded by a tumor in the medullar canal, thus causing paraplegia and affecting the bladder and anal sphincters. The patient underwent radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and achieved partial recovery, but died 9 months after the diagnosis.
