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  • Impact Factor: 1.995**
  • H-Index: 8
  • ISSN: 2474-1647
  • DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647
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  •  Breast Surgery
  •  Robotic Surgery
  •  Ophthalmic Surgery
  •  Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  •  Minimally Invasive Surgery
  •  Transplant Surgery
  •  Endocrine Surgery
  •  Emergency Surgery

Abstract

Citation: Clin Surg. 2017;2(1):1704.Case Report | Open Access

Primitive Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Pleura in a Patient Exposed to Asbestos

Andrea Campione, Fabrizio Giordano, Andrea Bianchi, Alberto Gorla and Alberto Terzi

Department of Pathology, Azienda Ospedaliera S.Croce e Carle, Cuneo, Italy
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera S.Croce e Carle, Cuneo, Italy
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera S.Croce e Carle, Cuneo, Italy
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Verona, Italy

*Correspondance to: Andrea Campione 

 PDF  Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.1704

Abstract

This report describes an unusual case of primary carcinoma of the pleura in a patient occupationally exposed to asbestos. Clinical and radiological findings strongly supported a diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma but incisional biopsy and definitive surgical excision showed the uncommon finding of a primitive squamous-cell carcinoma of the pleura.

Keywords

Pleura; Carcinoma; Asbestos

Cite the article

Campione A, Giordano F, Bianchi A, Gorla A, Terzi A. Primitive Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Pleura in a Patient Exposed to Asbestos. Clin Surg. 2017; 2: 1704.

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