Diffuse pleural mesothelioma with epithelioid and angiosarcomatous components-a hitherto undescribed pattern of differentiation

Histopathology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1164-1166

  Klabatsa, Astero ^a   Nicholson, Andrew G ^b   Dulay, Kamaljit ^c   Rudd, Robin M ^c   Sheaff, Michael T ^c  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; TALC;

AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; EPITHELIOID CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX PAIN; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD31; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84861483804     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2012.04220.x     Document Type: Letter

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