A patient with epithelioid pleural mesothelioma (Myxoid variant) who survived for a long period without treatment

Keiichi Mizuhashi; Kenzo Okamoto; Takumi Kishimoto

doi:10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101381

A patient with epithelioid pleural mesothelioma (Myxoid variant) who survived for a long period without treatment

Respir Med Case Rep. 2021 Mar 8;33:101381. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101381. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Keiichi Mizuhashi¹, Kenzo Okamoto², Takumi Kishimoto³

Affiliations

¹ Center for Asbestos-Related Diseases, Toyama Rosai Hospital, Uozu-shi, Toyama, Japan.
² Department of Pathology, Hokkaidoutyuuou Rosai Hospital, Iwamizawa-shi, Hokkaidou, Japan.
³ Research and Training Center for Asbestos-Related Diseases, Okayama-shi, Okayama, Japan.

Abstract

Pleural mesothelioma is a disease with a very poor prognosis. Here, we report a mesothelioma patient who survived for 5 years and a half. As a result of the autopsy, the tumor was diagnosed as a myxoid variant, which is internationally proposed as a histological subtype of epithelioid mesothelioma with a relatively favorable prognosis. Since patients with this disease are expected to survive for a long period even without treatment, careful determination of the therapeutic approach is considered necessary. This report is considered to be the first of a myxoid variant epithelioid pleural mesothelioma in Japan.

Keywords: Epithelioid mesothelioma; Female; Long-term survival; Myxoid variant; No history of asbestos exposure.

Publication types

Case Reports