[A recurrence of benign fibrous mesothelioma of the pleura: a case report].

A 64-year-old man who complained of the right chest pain was admitted in our hospital. A mass shadow which revealed the extrapleural sign was shown in the chest X-ray. This patient was performed thoracotomy and a tumor invading to the intercostal muscles was resected. Pathological diagnosis was benign fibrous mesothelioma. About 10 months after this operation, we suspected the local recurrence of the tumor on the chest X-ray. The re-operation was performed, and we resected the recurrent tumor and the 2nd and 3rd ribs. Pathologically the resected tumor was benign fibrous mesothelioma.