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Splenic localization of the peritoneal mesothelioma: case report and literature revue

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Peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare form of malignant mesothelioma, making up <30% of diagnosed mesothelioma cases. Because of a lack of specific symptoms (abdominal pain, abdominal swelling), normally it is diagnosed in advanced stages, sometimes in a surgical emergency (intestinal obstruction, severe ascites) and occasionally during image procedures or laparoscopy which can show a mass developing from peritoneal mesothelium surfaces, or an accumulation of small irregularities that may be tumors or plaques. The reported case refers to a particular localization of a peritoneal mesothelioma, the spleen, discovered only after a splenectomy, due to the clinical and radiological suspect of a rupture.

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    Dario D’Abbicco, Angelica Conversano, Barbara Rita Epifania, Rocco Indellicato & Antonio Margari

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D’Abbicco, D., Conversano, A., Epifania, B.R. et al. Splenic localization of the peritoneal mesothelioma: case report and literature revue. Updates Surg 64, 157–160 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-011-0088-1

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