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Three female patients with a diffuse well-differentiated papillary mesothelioma of the peritoneum are presented. They did not have a history of exposure to asbestos. The peritoneal biopsies were studied extensively, including electron microscopy, nuclear morphometry and DNA ploidy analysis. The results from these more sophisticated investigations confirmed the mesothelial origin and further characterised...