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Table 3 Four MMTVT cases from the Apulia mesothelioma register

From: Asbestos exposure and malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis testis: a systematic review and the experience of the Apulia (southern Italy) mesothelioma register

Case number

Year of diagnosis

Age years

Clinical diagnosis

Histological diagnosis

IHC

Survival months

Exposure reliable professional

Duration of exposure Years- calendar years

Latency years

1

2006

75

CAT

mm epithelioid with papillary tubule aspects

Calretinine+++, HBME1+++

141

foundry worker

4 (1960-63)

46

2

2009

77

CAT ecocolordoppler

mm epithelioid with papillary and microcystic aspects

Calretinine +++,CK AE1/AE3+++, vimentine+++, WT1 (80%) KI67(8%) nuclear grade 2, IM:3x10HPF

2

asbestos cement worker

21 (1964-85)

45

3

2009

78

CAT ecocolordoppler

mm epithelioid papillary tubule growth pattern solid and focally clear cell presence psammomatous bodies

Calretinine +++, CK AE1/AE3+++,EMA +++, HMBE1 +++, WT1+++ > 25% nuclear grade 2,3 IM:5x10HPF

40

naval machinist

3 (1951-53)

58

4

2018

63

CAT

mm epithelioid papillary (70%) and solid (30%) tubule growth pattern

Calretinine +++,CK AE1/AE3+++,HMBE1 +++, WT1(90%)KI67 10% papillary tubulum component and 40% solid component

3

bricklayer cutting plates eternit and trucker

14 (1977-90)

41