Localised pleural malignant mesothelioma. Report of two cases simulating pulmonary carcinoma and review of the literature

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 445, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 206-209

  Asioli, Sofia ^a   Dal Piaz, Giulia ^a,b   Damiani, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intrapulmonary growth; Localised mesothelioma; Pleura

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CALRETININ; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; LUNG SURFACTANT; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

ADULT; BRONCHUS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE MARKER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4544220315     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-004-1062-9     Document Type: Review

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