Desmoplastic malignant mesothelioma.

Desmoplastic mesothelioma is a rare subtype of diffuse malignant mesothelioma. A 72-year-old woman from East Anatolia presented with chest pain. The images of body positron emission tomography revealed irregular, left pleural thickening involving mediastinal and diaphragmatic surfaces with hypermetabolic characterization. The diagnosis of desmoplastic malignant mesothelioma was confirmed by minithoracotomy and immunohistochemical staining with pan-cytokeratin, cytokeratin 5/6, calretinin, carcinoembryonic antigen, thyroid transcription factor-1, CD15, and HMB-45 on the biopsy specimen. This case is unique in terms of the reporting patient being from a nonendemic area for asbestos-related diseases and in terms of its rare histopathology.