Two cases of mesothelial/monocytic incidental cardiac excrescences of the heart

Pathology International

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 641-644

  Ikeda, Yoshihiko ^a   Yutani, Chikao ^a   Imakita, Masami ^a   Ishibashi Ueda, Hatue ^a   Nakamura, Yoichi ^a   Nishida, Naoki ^a   Hisaki, Ryohei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac tumor; Histiocytoid lesion; Mesothelium

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; KERATIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESOTHELIUM; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031658906     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1998.tb03963.x     Document Type: Article

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