Primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma in a patient with a history of thoracic radiotherapy and asbestos exposure: A case report

Abstract

We report on a 67-year-old man with primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma, a rare neoplasm with a poor prognosis that has various causes, including asbestos, radiation, erionite, and simian virus 40. The patient had a history of asbestos exposure and radiation for a mediastinal tumor. The role of asbestos exposure in the development of primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma is not as clear as its role in the development of pleural mesothelioma. We speculate that both asbestos exposure and radiation were associated with the primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma in this patient.