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KRAS Mutations in Papillary Fibroelastomas: A Study of 50 Cases With Etiologic and Diagnostic Implications.
The American journal of surgical pathology - 1 May 2020
Bois Melanie C, Milosevic Dragana, Kipp Benjamin R, Maleszewski Joseph J
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Papillary fibroelastoma (PFE) is an increasingly recognized cardiac tumor. Despite its prevalence, controversy exists as to whether it represents a reactive or neoplastic process due to histopathologic similarities with Lambl excrescences (LEs), an accepted reactive phenomenon. Recently, KRAS mutations were reported in a small collection of PFEs, but the incidence of mutations and conditions in which they arise...
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