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A 9-year-old boy had serological evidence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Mycoplasma organisms were cultured from throat swabs. A chest X-ray and computed tomography revealed a localized pleural tumour with pleural fluid containing mesothelial cells. It is suggested that mesothelial cell hyperplasia developed as a “reactive change” following M. pneumoniae infection.
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Abo, W., Sawada, Y., Ogawa, S. et al. Mesothelial cell proliferation and localized pleural pseudotumour associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Eur J Pediatr 148, 62–63 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00441817
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