Malignant vascular tumors of the serous membranes mimicking mesothelioma: A report of 14 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1431-1439

  Lin, Bryan T Y ^a   Colby, Thomas ^d   Gown, Allen M ^b   Hammar, Samuel P ^f   Mertens, Richard B ^c   Churg, Andrew ^e   Battifora, Hector ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f Diagnostic Specialties Laboratory Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelioid angiosarcoma; Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; Mesothelioma; Pseudomesotheliomatous angiosarcoma; Serous membrane

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CYTOKERATIN; PRONASE; TUMOR MARKER; VIMENTIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MESOTHELIOMA; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PLEURA CAVITY; SEROSA; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SEROUS MEMBRANE; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029801007     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199612000-00001     Document Type: Article

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