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Pleuropulmonary Meningothelial Proliferations: Evidence for a Common Histogenesis.
The American journal of surgical pathology - 1 Dec 2015
Weissferdt Annikka, Tang Ximing, Suster Saul, Wistuba Ignacio I, Moran Cesar A
Abstract excerpt
Primary pleuropulmonary meningothelial proliferations include minute pulmonary meningothelial-like nodules (MPMN) and pleural or pulmonary meningiomas (PPM). These lesions share histologic, ultrastructural, and immunohistochemical features with meningiomas of the central nervous system (CNS). Meningiomas of the CNS exhibit a number of genetic abnormalities, most commonly loss of the neurofibromatosis (NF) 2 gene...
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