Malignant pleural mesothelioma and facial lesions – a case study
A case study and literature review published in the most recent World Journal of Surgical Oncology examined malignant pleural mesothelioma – a rare form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure – and late cutaneous metastases to the face. Mesothelioma patients may find that the cancer spreads to the liver, heart, lung, thyroid, brain, adrenal glands, pancreas, kidneys, soft tissue, bone, skin and lymph nodes. The authors of the study presented the case of a 61-year-old man with malignant pleural epithelioid mesothelioma who had been treated with six cycles of Alimta (pemetrexed) and carboplatin followed by radiation therapy to the drain site back in 2004. Four years later, the man developed multiple skin lesions on his face that were proven to be metastatic malignant sarcomatoid mesothelioma. The authors concluded that newly developed skin lesions in mesothelioma patients should be suspect as mesothelioma metastases.
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