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Nine small sessile polyps, the largest being 2.5 cm in diameter, were found in the ascending colon (fig 1 A), with one small sessile polyp in the terminal ileum. Conclusion To the best of our knowledge, there has been only one previous report of a malignant pleural mesothelioma giving rise to multip...

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Published in:Gut 1999-08, Vol.45 (2), p.310-310
Main Authors: ROBERTSON, N J, SMITH, M E F, SHERWOOD, A J, TRAVIS, S P L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Biopsy
Carcinoma, Renal Cell - pathology
Colonic Polyps - complications
Colonic Polyps - secondary
Colorectal cancer
Dyspnea - etiology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Gut File
Hemorrhage - etiology
Histology
Humans
Kidney Neoplasms - pathology
Medical sciences
Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma - complications
Mesothelioma - pathology
Metastasis
Pleural Neoplasms - complications
Pleural Neoplasms - pathology
Pneumology
Tomography
Tumors of the respiratory system and mediastinum
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Summary:Nine small sessile polyps, the largest being 2.5 cm in diameter, were found in the ascending colon (fig 1 A), with one small sessile polyp in the terminal ileum. Conclusion To the best of our knowledge, there has been only one previous report of a malignant pleural mesothelioma giving rise to multiple colonic polyps. 1 Malignant mesotheliomas frequently display a solid and tubular growth pattern, which can make their distinction from adenocarcinomas and carcinoid tumours very difficult on morphological grounds alone.
ISSN:0017-5749
1468-3288
1458-3288
DOI:10.1136/gut.45.2.310