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*Atypical cells:
*Atypical cells:
**+/-Epithelioid cells forming glands.
**+/-Epithelioid cells forming glands.
**+/-Spindle cells - ''sarcomatoid mesothelioma''.
**+/-Spindle cells.
 
DDx:<ref name=pmid15559051>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Corson | first1 = JM. | title = Pathology of mesothelioma. | journal = Thorac Surg Clin | volume = 14 | issue = 4 | pages = 447-60 | month = Nov | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2004.06.007 | PMID = 15559051 }}
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*Fibrosing pleuritis.
*Mesothelial hyperplasia.


Image:  
Image:  
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferruginous_body.jpg Ferruginous body (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferruginous_body.jpg Ferruginous body (WC)].
====Subtypes====
List of subtypes:<ref name=pmid15559051/>
*Sarcomatoid mesothelioma.
*Desmoplastic mesothelioma.
*Poorly differentiated mesothelioma.


===IHC===
===IHC===
48,830

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