Tamer Mohsen Mahmoud Abbas <br/><br/>
Role of PET/CT in malignant mesoyhelioma /  
 دور المسح الذرى بالإنبعاث البوزترونى الطبقى المدمج بالأشعة المقطعية فى تقييم سرطان الغشاء اللبلورى 
Tamer Mohsen Mahmoud Abbas ; Supervised Hosna Moustafa , Khaled Mohamed Taalab , Mahasen Amen Abogabal 
 - Cairo :   Tamer Mohsen Mahmoud Abbas ,   2012 
 - 95 P. :   charts , facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Nuclear Medicine 
<br/><br/> Malignant pleural mesoyhelioma (MPM) is an uncommon tumor. The clinical presentation of mesothelioma, especially if in the early phase, is insidious and not specific [1]. Dyspnea is the predominant symptom, in general secondary to tumour with effusion, when the disease becomes advanced. Also chest pain related to tumour infiltration of chest wall and intercostal nerves also appears-1 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Extrapleural pneumonectomy Extrathoracic metastases Malignant pleural mesoyhelioma