Clinical Review on Two Cases of Pleural Mesothelioma

Song, Hyoun Kon; Park, Seung Il; Cho, Kook Hyun; Kim, Woo Youl; Chung, Chin Kag; Oh, Hyun Kwan; Chi, Chung Hee; Suh, Chae Hong; Park, Young Jin

doi:1977.24.4.158

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 24(4); 1977 > Article

Case report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1977;24(4):158-163.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1977.24.4.158 Published online December 1, 1977.

Clinical Review on Two Cases of Pleural Mesothelioma

Hyoun Kon Song¹, Seung Il Park¹, Kook Hyun Cho¹, Woo Youl Kim¹, Chin Kag Chung¹, Hyun Kwan Oh¹, Chung Hee Chi², Chae Hong Suh², Young Jin Park²

¹Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
²Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea

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송현곤¹, 박승일¹, 조국현¹, 김우열¹, 정진옥¹, 오현관¹, 지정희², 서재홍², 박영진²

Abstract

Although some investigators deny the primary pleural mesothelioma as a disease entity however silence the work of Stout in 1942 demonstrating mesothelial nature of pleural mesothelioma by tissue culture, it has been certain as a disease entity. And more recently it seemed to be closely related to asbestosis. We experienced two cases of pleural mesothelioma, diagnosed clinically, confirmed by pleural biopsy.