Malignant mesothelioma with heterologous elements: Clinicopathological correlation of 27 cases and literature review

Modern Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1084-1094

  Klebe, Sonja ^a,c   Mahar, Annabelle ^b   Henderson, Douglas W ^a   Roggli, Victor L ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Heterologous differentiation; Malignant mesothelioma; Peritoneum; Pleura

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CYTOKERATIN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HETEROLOGOUS MESOTHELIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; LITERATURE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHONDROSARCOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KERATINS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSARCOMA; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 50249139550     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2008.125     Document Type: Article

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