METASTASIS OF EPITHELIAL NEOPLASMS: DESMAL EPITHELIA (INCLUDING VASOFORMATIVE TISSUE), EPITHELIA OF SYNOVIAL ORIGIN NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1990. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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METASTASIS OF EPITHELIAL NEOPLASMS: DESMAL EPITHELIA (INCLUDING VASOFORMATIVE TISSUE), EPITHELIA OF SYNOVIAL ORIGIN

Cancer Growth Prog; 8:125-9 1989. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/90659468
Kaiser HE; Dept. of Pathology, Sch. of Medicine, Univ. of Maryland, 10 South; Pine St., Baltimore, MD 21201

Abstract: Desmal epithelia are a pseudotype because of their mesodermal origin. Based on phylogeny and ontogeny, there are three distinct types: (1) epithelia of serous cavities (pleural, peritoneal, and pericardial), (2) endothelia of vessels (blood vessels in most animals with closed or mixed circulatory systems and lymph vessels in animals from jawless vertebrates to man), and (3) epithelia of synovial origin in vertebrates and possibly in some highly developed invertebrates with joints. Desmal epithelial neoplasms of vessels and of synovial origin are reviewed, including some aspects of related diseases. Topics include Kaposi's sarcoma, AIDS, angiosarcoma (malignant hemangioendothelioma), hemangiopericytoma, malignant synoviomas (synovial sarcomas), tendosynovial sarcoma, and malignant giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath. The etiology of certain diseases, such as Kaposi's sarcoma, and their epidemiology and relationship to more or less related disorders, such as AIDS or Burkitt's lymphoma, remain obscure. (69 Refs)
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS Endothelium, Vascular/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY Epithelium/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY Human Lymphatic Metastasis *Neoplasm Circulating Cells Neoplasm Metastasis/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY Sarcoma, Kaposi's/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY Sarcoma, Synovial/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY Skin Neoplasms/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY Soft Tissue Neoplasms/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY Synovial Membrane/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW, TUTORIAL REVIEWKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/complicationsendothelium,vascular/KWDphysiopathologyepithelium/physiopathologyhumanlymphaticmetastasisKWDneoplasmcirculatingcellsneoplasmmetastasis/KWDphysiopathologysarcoma,kaposi's/physiopathologysarcoma,synovial/physiopathologyskinneoplasms/physiopathologysofttissueneoplasms/physiopathologysynovialmembrane/KWDphysiopathologyjournalarticlereview,tutorialreview
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