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Thorax 63:554 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.91074a
  • Pulmonary puzzle

Pulmonary puzzle

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From the question on page 492.

Macroscopic findings favoured a diagnosis of mesothelioma. Microscopy revealed instead that the pleural thickening comprised fibrosis within which abundant CD68-positive histiocytes and Touton-type giant cells were present, these staining with S-100 but not CD1a. There was also microscopic involvement of the lung along the distribution of …


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