Benign multicystic peritoneal mesothelioma: a case report
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Benign multicystic peritoneal mesothelioma: a case report
Benign multicystic peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare malignancy with unknown etiology, first described in 1980, which have been reported to date about 150 cases in the literature. Although the term "benign", used mainly to distinguish it from the classic malignant mesothelioma, a more aggressive cancer, is considered "borderline" in terms of aggression: it tends to local recurrence but cases of...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Case Reports
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-385