title: Adenocarcinoma simulating mesothelioma.
abstract: Pleural biopsy in a 45-year-old woman with a haemorrhagic pleural effusion showed malignant cells. Stains for mucin and carcinoembryonic antigen were positive and adenocarcinoma was diagnosed. Some ultrastructural features were more typical of mesothelioma.
authors.affiliation: Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Corrin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dewar
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008875:Middle Aged; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000473:pathology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure