Large-cell lung carcinoma with basaloid architecture and neuroendocrine differentiation: A new type of combined large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 252-258

  Morbini, Patrizia ^a,b   Inghilleri, Simona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

basaloid carcinoma; large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma; lung tumor

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; BRONCHIOLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LOBECTOMY; LUNG; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG LOBE; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TUMOR CELL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CARCINOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER;

CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79953852431     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: 19402465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896910382905     Document Type: Article

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