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Case 13

View the following images and select the correct diagnosis from the list of differentials given below.

Non-Gyne Case 13 -- The Great Pretender

          From the Cytopathology files of the BC Cancer Agency
          Submitted by: Carol Lee, MD and Tom Thomson, MD

This is a pleural fluid specimen from an 86-year old male. There was a remote history of moderately differentiated prostatic adenocarcinoma.

Image 1

Image 2

Image 3 CK5/6

Image 4 Calretinin

Image 5 TTF-1

Select one of the following:

Click here to select A   A) Epithelioid mesothelioma

Click here to select B   B) Reactive mesothelial hyperplasia

Click here to select C   C) Metastatic adenocarcinoma

Click here to select D   D) Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma


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