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Case Reports
. 2020 Oct 20:13:269-271.
doi: 10.17161/kjm.vol13.14765. eCollection 2020.

A Rare Case of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma with Metastases to the Pancreas Concurrently Diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Chelsea Wuthnow  1 , Yasmine Hussein Agha  1 , Sachin Srinivasan  1 , William Salyers  1   2 , Nathan Tofteland  1   2
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Case Reports

A Rare Case of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma with Metastases to the Pancreas Concurrently Diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Chelsea Wuthnow et al. Kans J Med. .
No abstract available

Keywords: mesothelioma; neoplasm metastasis; pancreas.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Endoscopic ultrasound shows the pancreatic mass measuring 1.68 × 1.86 cm.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Histology slide shows atypical cells epithelioid mesothelioma by Hematoxylin and Eosin stain (magnified 60x).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Histology slide shows positive reactivity to calretinin protein (magnified 40x).
Figure 4
Figure 4
Histology slide shows positivity reactivity to WT1 protein (magnified 10x).
Figure 5
Figure 5
Histology slide shows positive reactivity to cytokeratin 7 (magnified 40x).
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