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. 1983 Mar;10(1):71–75.

Recurrent Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Case Report

Denton A Cooley 1, O Howard Frazier 1
PMCID: PMC341608  PMID: 15227158

Abstract

A 42-year-old woman with malignant pleural mesothelioma was admitted initially to the Texas Heart Institute in 1967 for removal of a chest wall tumor. She subsequently underwent 17 additional thoracotomies for removal of recurrent localized tumor during a 15-year period. She died in 1982 at age 56 from cardiopulmonary failure secondary to extensive recurrent mesothelioma.

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