Pleura and Mediastinum

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Malignant Mesothelioma

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Among more than two dozen purported mesothelial cell markers, we have found calretinin to be the most useful. Calretinin reaction in mesothelial cells is both cytoplasmic and nuclear; the latter is more important for the diagnosis.
Desmoplastic and spindle cell (sarcomatoid) mesotheliomas are usually negative for calretinin (51,52).

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Jackson Memorial Hospital UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
Parvin Ganjei-Azar MD (Professor of Pathology, Director of Cytopathology) & Mehrdad Nadji MD (Professor of Pathology, Director of Immunohistochemistry) (Professor of Pathology, Director of Cytopathology) & (Professor of Pathology, Director of Immunohistochemistry)

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(2007). Pleura and Mediastinum. In: Ganjei-Azar, P., Nadji, M. (eds) Color Atlas of Immunocytochemistry in Diagnostic Cytology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-32122-6_11

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