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Pulmonary meningothelial-like nodules: a genotypic comparison with meningiomas.
The American journal of surgical pathology - 1 Feb 2004
Ionescu Diana N, Sasatomi Eizaburo, Aldeeb Dalal, Omalu Bennet I, Finkelstein Sydney D, Swalsky Patricia A, Yousem Samuel A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Minute pulmonary meningothelial-like nodules (MPMNs) are incidental interstitial pulmonary nodules. They share histologic, ultrastructural, and immunohistochemical features with meningiomas (MGs). DESIGN: Sixteen cases yielding 33 separate MPMNs and 10 cases of benign MG were studied. Immunohistochemical studies and mutational analyses were performed on microdissected tissue using 20 polymorphic...
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