Benign fibrous mesothelioma presenting as huge pleural mass

ABSTRACT

Mesothelioma of pleura is classified as malignant and benign. Benign mesothelioma is less frequent and may diagnose incidentally during routine chest X ray. Symptomatic cases usually show chest pain, dyspnea or cough due to compressive effect of tumor on surrounding tissue. In this article we present a benign fibrous mesothelioma in a female subject with shoulder pain and missed huge pleural mass. She referred because of long lasting dyspnea and chest pain. This subject was operated and complete resection of tumor results in complete resolution of symptoms