TY - JOUR AU - Okita, Riki AU - Nojima, Yuji AU - Saisho, Shinsuke AU - Shimizu, Katsuhiko AU - Shirai, Ryo AU - Kanomata, Naoki AU - Oka, Mikio AU - Nakata, Masao PY - 2018 TI - Deciduoid type malignant pleural mesothelioma: a case report JF - AME Case Reports; Vol 2 (October 2018): AME Case Reports Y2 - 2018 KW - N2 - Here, we report a patient with deciduoid type malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), which rapidly progressed. A 55-year-old man who might have been exposed to asbestos a few decades ago had severe back pain. The chest X-ray scanning and computed tomography (CT) revealed pleural thickness on his right thoracic space, without the presence of a lung mass. A pleural biopsy was performed and the patient was histologically diagnosed with deciduoid type MPM. Although he received two cycles of chemotherapy, his disease rapidly progressed and he died within two months of the diagnosis of deciduoid type MPM. UR - https://acr.amegroups.org/article/view/4655