Exclusive intrapulmonary lepidic growth of a malignant pleural mesothelioma presenting with pneumothorax and involving the peritoneum

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 234-237

  Rossi, Giulio ^a   Cavazza, Alberto ^b   Turrini, Ercole ^c   Costantini, Matteo ^a   Casali, Christian ^a   Morandi, Uliano ^a   Dallari, Rossano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Operative Unit of Pathologic Anatomy   (Italy)

^c Hospital of Sassuolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lepidic growth; Mesothelioma; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; CARBOPLATIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PEMETREXED; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TUMOR PROTEIN; WT1 PROTEIN;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; PERITONITIS; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA THICKENING; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION;

HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33749021983     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896906290360     Document Type: Article

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