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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 11 CT diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma [Abstract] Objective To study the CT manifestations of malignant pleural mesothelioma, improve the diagnostic accuracy of this disease. Methods A retrospective analysis of 30 cases by CT in our hospital under the aspiration biopsy of malignant pleural mesothelioma. CT results in 30 cases the performance of patients had extensive pleural thickening and enhancement of .25 cases with nodular thickening of interlobar fissure .21 .7 cases with cases of pleural effusion contraction, thoracic cases of chest wall invasion and collapse .6 .2 .3 cases of patients with pericardial metastasis .4 cases of pleural calcification of rib metastasis. Conclusions of malignant pleural mesothelioma has characteristic CT manifestations, has to help clinical decision-making and the important value of direct intervention. [Keywords:] malignant pleural mesothelioma, Tomography, X-ray computed Origin of malignant pleural mesothelioma pleural mesothelial cells and fibroblasts, the progress is a rare malignant tumor of the pleura, the incidence rate of 5% of the pleural tumor, accounting for 0.02 ~ 0.4% of the tumor, accounting for pleural 80% of the primary tumor, the incidence of the rise in recent years. This paper summarizes the 30 histologically proven cases of malignant pleural mesothelioma, CT, designed to improve the diagnosis and understanding. 1 Materials and methods 1.1 Clinical data collected in our hospital in January 2005 to 2009 period of 12 CT diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma and 30 cases of pathologically confirmed patients, 20 males and 10 females, aged 50 to 68 years, mean age 61 years . a history of asbestos exposure in 24 cases, 3 cases of miners, glass, road maintenance, construction workers of the case. course of the disease in February to three years, 30 cases of anything plain and enhanced CT scan. 1.2 Inspection Methods SIEMENS SOMATOM Emotion6 mult