Malignant mesothelioma with intracytoplasmic crystalline inclusions.
Ultrastruct Pathol
; 31(1): 73-6, 2007.
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| ID: mdl-17455100
ABSTRACT
A 60-year-old female presented with a history of hoarseness, cough, chest pain, and dyspnea and a needle biopsy sample was submitted for histology. Light microscopy showed sheets of tumor cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm containing multiple crystals and eccentrically located nuclei. Electron microscopy showed large intracytoplasmic crystalloid inclusions. No crystalloid structures were found extracellularly. The tumor cells also had long slender microvilli and cell junctions, the features being consistent with a malignant epithelial mesothelioma. In the authors' experience this is a rare finding. The clinical information initially received was poor and electron microscopy was essential in making the correct diagnosis.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias Pleurales
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Cuerpos de Inclusión
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Mesotelioma
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ultrastruct Pathol
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Sudáfrica