XXVI International Congress of the
International Academy of Pathology
Montreal, Quebec, Canada




Short Course 08 - Pleural Tumors

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 14:00 - 17:30




  Moderators: Kelly Butnor and Francoise Galateau-Salle
  Disclosure: In accordance with ACCME guidelines regarding disclosure, the USCAP policy requires that faculty members who have a significant financial or other relationship with a commercial company, entity, or service (which will be discussed in this Short Course) must disclose this to attendees. The Academy also requires that speakers disclose any products that are not labeled for the use under discussion. Faculty members for this Short Course have indicated they have no disclosures to make.



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Section 1 - Atypical Mesothelial Proliferations
Andrew Churg
Section 2 - Chronic Fibrous Pleuritis
Timothy Craig Allen
Section 3 - Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma
Thomas Sporn
Section 4 - Well-Differentiated Papillary Mesothelioma
Victor L. Roggli

Clinical History:

This 61 year old woman presented in 2004 with a several week history of progressive dyspnea. A chest x-ray showed a large right pleural effusion. Thoracentesis was followed by a thoracoscopic biopsy. The patient lived with her uncle, a shipyard worker, for the first 18 years of her life. Her first husband worked for one year at a chemical plant. She is a lifelong non-smoker.


Section 4 - Slide 1
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Section 5 - Solitary Fibrous Tumors (SFTs): A Comparison Of Intrathoracic And Extrathoracic SFTs
Chrystal van de Belt, Sonja Klebe, Thomas J. Dodd, Philip W. Allen and Douglas W. Henderson
Section 6 - Primary Pleural Thymomas
Marie C. Aubry
Section 7 - Tumors Of The Pleura
(Other Than Diffuse Malignant Mesothelioma)

Anna Sienko