The Role of Immunohistochemistry Studies in Distinguishing Malignant Mesothelioma from Metastatic Lung Carcinoma in Malignant Pleural Effusion

• Main Authors: Monireh Halimi (Author), Samad BeheshtiRouy (Author), Davood Salehi (Author), Seyed Ziaeddin Rasihashemi (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Iranian Society of Pathology, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and Objective: Early diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is the key point of its treatment. The main problem is the precise diagnosis of mesothelioma and its differentiation from metastatic lung adenocarcinoma. Mesothelioma exhibits complex immunohistochemical characteristic...