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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma as a rare cause of ascites: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Case report Open Access Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma as a rare cause of ascites a case report Iftikhar Ahmed 1 Anastasios Koulaouzidis2 Javaid Iqbal3 and Wong C Tan1 Address Department of Gastroenterology North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust Warrington UK 2Department of Gastroenterology Llandudno General Hospital North Wales UK and 3Department of Medicine District General Hospital NHS Trust UK Email Iftikhar Ahmed - ansari35@ Anastasios Koulaouzidis - akoulaouzidis@ Javaid Iqbal - doctor_javaid@ Wong CTan - Corresponding author Published 25 April 2008 Received 19 July 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 121 doi 1752-1947-2-121 Accepted 25 April 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 121 2008 Ahmed et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare tumor with diagnostic and therapeutic problems. The peritoneum is the second most common site for development of mesothelioma which in 3045 of cases is associated with a synchronous pleural mesothelioma. Clinical symptoms and findings may be confusing and diagnosis can be easily overlooked especially in cases where there is no previous asbestos exposure. Case presentation We report a case of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma in a 75-year-old woman who presented with ascites which in the absence of inhalational exposure to asbestos caused diagnostic confusion and evaded radiological detection. Conclusion We concluded from this case that Peritoneal Mesothelioma although rare but should be considered among the differential diagnosis of Ascites. Introduction Malignant .

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