Lung Cancer
Volume 67, Issue 2 , Pages 244-247 , February 2010

Well-differentiated papillary mesothelioma with invasion to the chest wall

  • Ikuko Torii

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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  • Masaki Hashimoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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  • Takayuki Terada

      Affiliations

    • Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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  • Nobuyuki Kondo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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  • Hiroaki Fushimi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Osaka General Medical Center, 3-1-56 Mandai-Higashi, Sumiyoshi, Osaka 558-8558, Japan
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  • Kohki Shimazu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Osaka General Medical Center, 3-1-56 Mandai-Higashi, Sumiyoshi, Osaka 558-8558, Japan
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  • Shin-ichi Takeda

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka General Medical Center, 3-1-56 Mandai-Higashi, Sumiyoshi, Osaka 558-8558, Japan
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  • Teruhisa Takuwa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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  • Yoshitomo Okumura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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  • Ayuko Sato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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  • Tadashi Yamamoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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  • Kazuya Fukuoka

      Affiliations

    • Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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  • Fumihiro Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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  • Takashi Nishigami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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  • Takashi Nakano

      Affiliations

    • Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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  • Seiki Hasegawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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  • Tohru Tsujimura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 798 45 6425; fax: +81 798 45 6426.

Received 10 April 2009 ,Revised 21 August 2009 ,Accepted 5 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2009.10.004

Lung Cancer
Volume 67, Issue 2 , Pages 244-247 , February 2010

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