Histopathological Diagnosis of Pleural Mesothelioma
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Diagnosis and treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma.
There are three major challenges in the diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma: mesothelioma must be distinguished from benign mesothelial hyperplasia; malignant mesothelioma (and its subtypes) must be distinguished from metastatic carcinoma; and invasion of structures adjacent to the pleura must be demonstrated. The basis for clarifying the first two aspects is determination of a panel of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Juntendo Medical Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0022-6769,2188-2134
DOI: 10.14789/pjmj.52.334