ABSTRACT
This work presents the case of a hemorrhagic, necrotized peritoneal malignant mesothelioma in a 46-year old man, discovered during the emergency surgery, performed for an acute surgical abdomen/hemoperitoneum. Mesotheliomas are rare neoplasms of the pleura, peritoneum or pericardium, which are frequently associated with exposure to asbestos. The paraclinical investigations (echography) were not able to specify the diagnosis before the operation. The surgical intervention--tumorectomy, electrocoagulation, hemostasis with Gelaspon sponges-- had favourable results.
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Mesothelioma/diagnosis , Peritoneal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Abdomen, Acute/etiology , Abdomen, Acute/surgery , Biopsy , Hemoperitoneum/etiology , Hemoperitoneum/surgery , Humans , Male , Mesothelioma/complications , Mesothelioma/diagnostic imaging , Mesothelioma/pathology , Mesothelioma/surgery , Middle Aged , Neoplasm Staging , Peritoneal Neoplasms/complications , Peritoneal Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Peritoneal Neoplasms/pathology , Peritoneal Neoplasms/surgery , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
This work presents the case of a 62 year-old woman's Krukenberg tumor caused by an adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder. This was the presumptive diagnosis that was confirmed during the operation. The characteristic feature of this case consists of the rarity of the Krukenberg tumors caused by a cancer of the gallbladder, the paraneoplastic pleurisy and the presence of the cells with "a ring with a seal" in the pleural liquid and in the ascites liquid. The paraclinical investigations (echography, computerised tomography) were not able to specify the diagnosis before the operation. The surgical intervention (cholecystectomy and total hysterectomy with bilateral adnexectomy) has had favourable consequences. Nevertheless, the woman died 5 months after the operation.
