Article
Deciduoid peritoneal mesothelioma. An unusual phenotype affecting young females.
The American journal of surgical pathology - 1 May 1994
Nascimento A G, Keeney G L, Fletcher C D
Abstract excerpt
Two cases of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma are reported. These tumors affected young women and displayed an unusual histopathologic pattern that closely simulated exuberant, ectopic decidual reaction or at least a malignant counterpart thereof. The importance of the differential diagnosis fro...
Topics
- Adult
- Decidua
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Humans
- Keratins
- Mesothelioma
- Microscopy, Electron
- Peritoneal Neoplasms
- Phenotype