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intrapulmonary malignant mesothelioma
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Patients with malignant mesothelioma typically present with a pleural effusion or pleural thickening and masses. Rare cases of mesothelioma presenting with multiple bilateral lung nodules without clinically detectable pleural lesions have been observed.
References
FISH Analysis of Intrapulmonary Malignant Mesothelioma without a Clinically Detectable Primary Pleural Lesion: An Autopsy Case. Hasegawa M, Sakai F, Sato A, Tsubomizu S, Arimura K, Katsura H, Koh E, Sekine Y, Wu D, Hiroshima K. Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2014 Dec;44(12):1239-42. doi : 10.1093/jjco/hyu139 PMID: 25425731