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Surgical Experience of Pericardial Mesothelioma: 2 Cases

심막에 발생한 중피종의 수술적 치험 2예

  • Bang, Jung-Hee (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Dong-A University) ;
  • Woo, Jong-Soo (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Dong-A University) ;
  • Choi, Pill-Jo (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Dong-A University) ;
  • Park, Kwon-Jae (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Dong-A University) ;
  • Jeong, Sang-Seok (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Dong-A University) ;
  • Hong, Sook-Hee (Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University) ;
  • Roh, Mee-Sook (Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Dong-A University)
  • 방정희 (동아대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 우종수 (동아대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 최필조 (동아대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 박권재 (동아대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 정상석 (동아대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 홍숙희 (동아대학교 의과대학 병리학교실) ;
  • 노미숙 (동아대학교 의과대학 병리학교실)
  • Received : 2010.01.07
  • Accepted : 2010.02.16
  • Published : 2010.08.05

Abstract

Cardiac mesotheliomas are rare. It is difficult to diagnose them at an early stage because the symptoms are nonspecific. Here we report two cases that had been initially diagnosed as constrictive pericarditis but later were definitively diagnosed, after pericardiectomy, as mesothelioma. The two patients complained of dyspnea that lasted 4 months and 10 years. Chest CT showed mild pericardial effusion and thickened pericardium, which was found enveloping the heart without any lumps. Median sternotomy showed that the overall pericardium was thickened by more than 10 mm. Pericardiectomy (phrenic nerve to phrenic nerve) was performed and post-operative histology confirmed malignant mesothelioma. In one patient the disease recurred near the pericardium post-operatively at 7 months and the patient died at 11 months. The other patient received chemotherapy and was still alive at post-operative month 16. Pericardial mesothelioma is an extremely rare disease exhibiting clinical signs similar to those of constrictive pericarditis, and should be diagnosed at an early stage of onset.

심장에서 발생한 중피종은 아주 드문 질환으로 초기에 비특이적인 증상으로 진단이 어렵다. 본원에서는 협착성 심막염으로 진단하여 심막 절제술을 시행후 중피종으로 확진된 2예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다. 4개월과 10년간의 호흡곤란을 호소하였고 흉부 전산화 촬영상 소량의 심낭 삼출액과 전체 심장을 둘러싸는 심막의 비후를 보였으나 뚜렷한 종괴의 소견은 보이지 않았다. 정중 흉골 절개하에 수술을 진행했으며 전반적으로 심막의 두께가 10 mm 이상 두꺼워져 있었다. 양측 횡격막신경을 경계로 하여 부분 심막 절제술을 시행하였다. 술후 조직검사상 악성 중피종으로 진단되었다. 첫번째 환자는 술후 7개월째 심막 주위로 재발하였으며 호흡 부전증으로 술후 11개월 째 사망하였고 두번째 환자는 항암치료후 술후 16개월째 생존하고 있다. 심막의 중피종은 아주 드문 질환이나 협착성 심막염과 비슷한 임상 양상으로 초기 감별 진단되어야 할 질환으로 보인다.

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