Distinguishing carcinoid tumor from small cell carcinoma of the lung: Correlating cytologic features and performance in the College of American Pathologists Non-Gynecologic Cytology Program

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 614-618

  Renshaw, Andrew A ^a   Haja, Jennifer ^b   Lozano, Richard L ^c   Wilbur, David C ^d  

^a BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Molecular Pathology Division   (United States)

^c Pathology and Cytology Laboratories   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CARCINOID; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MITOSIS; NECROSIS; REVIEW;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOID TUMOR; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 18144369998     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (8)

1. Suen KC, Quenville NF. Fine needle aspiration of uncommon thoracic lesions. Am J Clin Pathol. 1981;75:803-809.
2. Cephardt CN, Belovich DM. Cytology of pulmonary carcinoid tumors. Acta Cytol. 1982;26:434-438.
3. Anderson C, Ludwig ME, O'Donnell M. Fine needle aspiration cytology of pulmonary carcinoid tumors. Acta Cytol. 1990;34:505-510.
4. Craig ID, Finley PS. Spindle cell carcinoid tumor of lung: cytologic, histopathologic and ultrastructural features. Acta Cytol. 1982;26:495-498.
5. Szyfelbein WM, Ross JS. Carcinoids, atypical carcinoids, and small cell carcinomas of the lung: differential diagnosis of fine-needle aspiration biopsy specimens. Diagn Cytopathol. 1988;4:1-8.
6. DeMay RM. The Art and Science of Cytopathology. Chicago, Ill: American Society of Clinical Pathologists; 1996.
7. Cibas ES, Ducatman BS, eds. Cytology: Diagnostic Principles and Clinical Correlates. 2nd ed. Edinburgh, Scotland: Saunders; 2003.
8. Sinner WN, Sandstedt B. Small cell carcinoma of the lung: cytological, roentgenologic, and clinical findings in a consecutive series diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration. Radiology. 1976;121:269-274.