A report of mesothelial/monocytic incidental cardiac excrescences and a literature review

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-43

  Wu, Maoxin ^b   Anderson, Anne ^a   Kahn, L B ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

CD68; Cytokeratin; Mesothelial monocytic incidental cardiac excrescences

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INJURY; HEART SURGERY; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MESOTHELIUM CELL; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033799245     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1092-9134(00)90009-1     Document Type: Article

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