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Epithelial mesothelioma with deciduoid features.

Virchows Arch 1999 Mar;434(3):263-6
Orosz Z, Nagy P, Szentirmay Z, Zalatnai A, Hauser P
Center of Diagnostic and Experimental Tumour Pathology, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary. zso@oncol.hu

A rare case of malignant mesothelioma in a 15-year old girl is described. The patient presented with secondary amenorrhoea and clinical symptoms resembling those of an ovarian cyst. One large and multiple small peritoneal nodules were found at laparoscopy. Histologically the tumour was characterised by an unusual pattern with a tumour, epithelial mesothelioma with deciduoid features, was made. The patient died 11 months after diagnosis. Post-mortem examination revealed extensive extraperitoneal spread.

PMID: 10190309, UI: 99204584
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