Case Report
Malignant Mesothelioma of the Pericardium: A Report of Two Different Presentations
Table 1
Summary of two patients with malignant pericardial mesothelioma.
| Clinical features | Case no. 1 | Case no. 2 |
| Age | 57 | 26 | Occupation | Road contractor | Car wheel construction | Duration of symptom | 3 months | 4 months | Provisional diagnosis | Cardiac tamponade | Tuberculous pericarditis | Pleural effusion | No | Yes | CT finding | Enhanced nodules in pericardium | Enhanced nodules in pericardium | Immunohistochemistry | Positive calretinin and CK5/6 | Positive calretinin and CK5/6 | Treatment | Pemetrexed and cisplatin | Pemetrexed and cisplatin | Survival | 3 months | 2 weeks |
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