TY - JOUR
T1 - Malignant deciduoid mesothelioma of the pleura
T2 - Report of two cases with long survival
AU - Serio, G.
AU - Scattone, A.
AU - Pennella, A.
AU - Giardina, C.
AU - Musti, M.
AU - Valente, T.
AU - Pollice, L.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Aims: To present two rare cases of malignant mesotheliomas with deciduoid features arising in the pleura, both with long survival. Methods and results: These two cases of deciduoid mesotheliomas were observed in adult patients (one 73-year-old male and one 23-year-old female). Only the male had a history of occupational asbestos exposure, whereas the woman had a history of familial mesothelioma. A deciduoid morphology was predominant and focal areas with tubular-papillary features were noted. The tumour cells were positive for cytokeratins, HMBE-1, calretinin, EMA and mitochondrion antibodies. The follow-up data did not suggest a particularly poor prognosis; the mean survival observed was 23 months (17 and 39 months, respectively). Conclusions: This deciduoid mesothelioma histological subtype does not appear to represent an unfavourable prognostic category.
AB - Aims: To present two rare cases of malignant mesotheliomas with deciduoid features arising in the pleura, both with long survival. Methods and results: These two cases of deciduoid mesotheliomas were observed in adult patients (one 73-year-old male and one 23-year-old female). Only the male had a history of occupational asbestos exposure, whereas the woman had a history of familial mesothelioma. A deciduoid morphology was predominant and focal areas with tubular-papillary features were noted. The tumour cells were positive for cytokeratins, HMBE-1, calretinin, EMA and mitochondrion antibodies. The follow-up data did not suggest a particularly poor prognosis; the mean survival observed was 23 months (17 and 39 months, respectively). Conclusions: This deciduoid mesothelioma histological subtype does not appear to represent an unfavourable prognostic category.
KW - Immunohistochemistry
KW - Mesothelioma
KW - Pleura
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U2 - 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2002.01373.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2002.01373.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 11943019
AN - SCOPUS:0036268429
VL - 40
SP - 348
EP - 352
JO - Histopathology
JF - Histopathology
SN - 0309-0167
IS - 4
ER -