Metastatic pleural mesothelioma presenting with solitary involvement of the tongue: Report of a new case and review of the literature

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-55

  Zanconati, Fabrizio ^a   DelConte, Alessandro ^a   Bonifacio Gori, Daniela ^a   Falconieri, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calretinin; Immunohistochemistry; Malignant pleural mesothelioma; Metastatic mesothelioma; Thrombomodulin; Tongue neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CALRETININ; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; KERATIN; THROMBOMODULIN; VIMENTIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLEEDING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPLASM; DECORTICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; PLEURA; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE; TONGUE TUMOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037283767     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106689690301100114     Document Type: Article

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