Diffuse malignant mesothelioma is rare. There are many times more primary and metastatic neoplasms that involve the serosal surfaces that mimic diffuse malignant mesothelioma than there are actual diffuse malignant mesotheliomas. Moreover, diffuse malignant mesothelioma’s wide variety of histologic appearances are mimicked not only by other primary and metastatic neoplasms, but also very common reactive conditions involving the serosal surfaces can be so histologically robust as to mimic diffuse malignant mesothelioma as well. The diagnosis of diffuse malignant mesothelioma is therefore frequently far from straightforward.

              1   The Diagnosis of Mesothelioma
              2   WHO Classification
              3   Staging
              4   Imaging
              5   Non–Asbestos-Related Diffuse Malignant   Mesothelioma
              6   Spontaneous/Idiopathic Diffuse Malignant Mesothelioma
              7   SV40 Virus, Vaccines, and Disease
             8   Medicolegal Considerations
             9   Approach to the Serosal Biopsy
             10 Morphologic Variants and Their Mimics
              11 Mucin Histochemistry and Electron     Microscopy
             12 Immunohistochemistry
             13 Atypical Mesothelial Proliferations
             14 Molecular Mechanisms of Pathogenesis
             15 Molecular Prognostic Markers
             16 Targeted Gene Therapy
             17 Immunotherapy
             18 Molecular Diagnostics
             19 Cancer Stem Cells

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