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 ===Microscopic===
-Features:
+Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP156>{{Ref WMSP|156}}</ref>
-*+/-''Ferruginous body'' ([[AKA]] ''asbestos body'') - '''diagnostic'''.<ref>URL: [http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/asbestos+body http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/asbestos+body]. Accessed on: 4 November 2011.</ref>
+*Infiltrative atypical cells - '''key feature'''.
-** Made of asbestos fiber.
+**+/-Epithelioid cells - may be cytologically bland, i.e. benign appearing.
-** Looks like a (twirling) baton.
+***Variable architecture: sheets, microglandular, tubulopapillary.
-*Atypical cells:
+***+/-[[Psammoma bodies]].
-**+/-Epithelioid cells forming glands.
 **+/-Spindle cells.
+*+/-''Ferruginous body'' ([[AKA]] ''asbestos body'') - '''strongly supportive'''.<ref>URL: [http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/asbestos+body http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/asbestos+body]. Accessed on: 4 November 2011.</ref>
+** Looks like a (twirling) baton - segemented appearance, brown colour.
+** Thin (asbestos) fiber in the core.
 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 }}