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Congenital malignant mesothelioma

A case report and electron-microscopic study

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Malignant mesothelioma was diagnosed in a 16-day-old boy. As far as we know this is the first report of a congenital case of this disease.

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  1. H. Nishioka

    Present address: Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto University School of Medicine, 53 Shogoinkawaramachi, Sakyo-ku, 606, Kyoto, Japan

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Kokura Kinen Hospital, 1-1 Kifunemachi, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu-shi Fukuoka-ken, Japan

    H. Nishioka & K. Furusho

  2. Department of Surgery, Kokura Kinen Hospital, 1-1 Kifunemachi, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu-shi Fukuoka-ken, Japan

    T. Yasunaga & A. Yamanouchi

  3. Department of Surgery, Kyoto University School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

    K. Tanaka

  4. First Department of Pathology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan

    T. Yokota & T. Ishihara

  5. Division of Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

    Y. Nakashima

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Nishioka, H., Furusho, K., Yasunaga, T. et al. Congenital malignant mesothelioma. Eur J Pediatr 147, 428–430 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00496428

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