Mizuhashi Keiichi, Okamoto Kenzo, Kishimoto Takumi
Center for Asbestos-Related Diseases, Toyama Rosai Hospital, Uozu-shi, Toyama, Japan.
Department of Pathology, Hokkaidoutyuuou Rosai Hospital, Iwamizawa-shi, Hokkaidou, Japan.
Respir Med Case Rep. 2021 Mar 8;33:101381. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101381. eCollection 2021.
Pleural mesothelioma is a disease with a very poor prognosis. Here, we report a mesothelioma patient who survived for 5 years and a half. As a result of the autopsy, the tumor was diagnosed as a myxoid variant, which is internationally proposed as a histological subtype of epithelioid mesothelioma with a relatively favorable prognosis. Since patients with this disease are expected to survive for a long period even without treatment, careful determination of the therapeutic approach is considered necessary. This report is considered to be the first of a myxoid variant epithelioid pleural mesothelioma in Japan.
胸膜间皮瘤是一种预后非常差的疾病。在此，我们报告一名存活了五年半的间皮瘤患者。尸检结果显示，该肿瘤被诊断为黏液样变体，国际上提议将其作为上皮样间皮瘤的一种组织学亚型，预后相对较好。由于即使未经治疗，这种疾病的患者也有望长期存活，因此认为有必要谨慎确定治疗方法。本报告被认为是日本首例黏液样变体上皮样胸膜间皮瘤病例。
