Hyperplastic mesothelial cells within abdominal lymph nodes: Mimic of metastatic ovarian carcinoma and serous borderline tumor - A report of two cases associated with ovarian neoplasms

Modern Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 879-886

  Clement, Philip B ^a,d   Young, Robert H ^b   Oliva, Esther ^b   Sumner, Hattan W ^c   Scully, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lymph nodes; Mesothelial cells; Mesothelial hyperplasia; Peritoneum; Serous borderline tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MESOTHELIUM CELL; OVARY CARCINOMA; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL TUMOR;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERITONEUM; SERTOLI-LEYDIG CELL TUMOR;

EID: 0029759603     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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