Cardoso Cláudia, Gamito Elia, Quintana Carlos, Oliveira Ana Paula
Serviço de Gastrenterologia e de Anatomia Patológica, Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal, Setúbal, Portugal.
Acta Med Port. 2011 Dec;24 Suppl 3:689-94. Epub 2011 Dec 31.
Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare tumor arising from the mesothelial cells of this serosal membrane. The authors report a case of a female patient referred to our hospital for ascites of unknown etiology. As all the exams requested were negative, the patient underwent a diagnostic laparoscopy with biopsies of multiple peritoneal nodules. Histologic examination confirmed the diagnosis of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma. A cytoreductive surgery in combination with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy was performed. After four months of the procedure the patient remains asymptomatic.
