Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 17-2014. A 64-year-old man with chest pain and a pleural effusion

N Engl J Med. 2014 May 29;370(22):2132-40. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1400835.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

  • Chest Pain / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male
  • Mesothelioma / complications
  • Mesothelioma / diagnostic imaging
  • Mesothelioma / pathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pleura / pathology*
  • Pleural Effusion / diagnostic imaging
  • Pleural Effusion / etiology
  • Pleural Effusion, Malignant / diagnosis*
  • Pleural Effusion, Malignant / etiology
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Smoking / adverse effects