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Mesothelioma
Treatment
Articles
and Abstracts
Cytologic
diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma, with
particular emphasis on the epithelia
noncohesive cell type.
Diagn
Cytopathol 1999 Feb;20(2):57-62
Kho-Duffin
J, Tao LC, Cramer H, Catellier MJ, Irons
D, Ng P
Department
of Pathology, Indiana University School of
Medicine, Indianapolis 46202, USA
The
effusion cytologies from 21 cases of
malignant mesothelioma (MM) (15 pleural, 6
peritoneal) diagnosed at the Indiana
University Medical Center during
1990-9\1997 were reviewed. Using the
classification of Tao (Acta Cytol 1979;
23:209-213), 13 cases of MM were of the
epithelial cohesive cell type and 8 were
of the epithelial noncohesive cell type.
While the epithelial cohesive cell type
has been discussed in the literature, the
epithelial noncohesive cell type has not.
The cytomorphologic features for both
types are presented with particular
emphasis on the noncohesive cell type. The
differential diagnosis and use of
ancillary confirmatory laboratory tests
are briefly discussed. Because of its
resemblance to florid reactive mesothelial
hyperplasia and the general lack of
awareness of the existence of the
single-cell pattern of mesothelioma, this
diagnosis can often be missed.
PMID:
9951597, UI: 99136773
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