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(Chest. 1971;59:230-232.)
© 1971 American College of Chest Physicians

Rapid Growth of a Pleural Mesothelioma

Gary C. Lulenski M.D.1; Roque Pifarré M.D., F.C.C.P.1; and William E. Neville M.D., F.C.C.P.1

1 Cardiopulmonary Surgical Section, Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois and the Department of Surgery, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois

A patient with diffuse pleural mesothelioma presenting as a large mass in the left hemithorax is described. Despite a normal chest roentgenogram three months earlier and symptoms of only three days' duration, the patient expired within three weeks of admission. This confirms the potential rapid growth of this malignancy.






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