Malignant pleural mesothelioma in pregnancy

J Matern Fetal Med. 2000 Nov-Dec;9(6):373-5. doi: 10.1002/1520-6661(200011/12)9:6<373::AID-MFM1012>3.0.CO;2-8.

Abstract

A 37-year-old pregnant woman presented at 18 weeks' gestation with unrelenting chest and shoulder pain, massive pleural effusion, and a large thoracic mass. Biopsy revealed an undifferentiated sarcomatous pleural mesothelioma. Malignant mesothelioma is a rare thoracic malignancy, which has not been described in pregnancy and appears to be minimally affected by the pregnant state.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Gestational Age
  • Humans
  • Mesothelioma / diagnosis*
  • Mesothelioma / drug therapy
  • Mesothelioma / pathology
  • Pain
  • Pleural Effusion
  • Pleural Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Pleural Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Pleural Neoplasms / pathology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / diagnosis*
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed