Malignant mesothelioma presenting as a lip tumor: Report of two cases with one unrecognized by 166 pathologists

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 388-391

  Beer, Trevor W ^a   Heenan, Peter J ^a  

^a Cutaneous Pathology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Lip; Malignant mesothelioma; Metastasis; Misdiagnosis

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; GEMCITABINE; PEMETREXED;

AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIOID CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIP TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MITOSIS; NEVUS; PAPILLOMA; PATHOLOGIST; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN NODULE; SQUAMOUS CELL;

AGED; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FATAL OUTCOME; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIP NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34547663197     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3180ddc88f     Document Type: Article

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