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Histopathologic, Immunohistochemical, and Ultrastructural Studies of Lung Carcinomas

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LUNG CARCINOMAS ARE CLASSIFIED according to the traditional categories of squamous carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, small cell carcinoma, and large cell undifferentiated carcinoma; significant therapeutic decisions depend on the specific histologic category into which a tumor is placed.1,2 Small cell carcinoma, in particular, is regarded as a unique clinical-pathologic entity. From both a morphologic and functional standpoint, small cell carcinomas exhibit neuroendocrine (APUD) differentiation. From a clinical standpoint, a typically aggressive clinical course and sensitivity to radiation and chemotherapy have distinguished small cell carcinomas from other histologic types of lung carcinoma.3,4

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  1. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

    Cecilia M. Fenoglio-Preiser M.D. (Professor of Pathology, Director of Laboratory Services) (Professor of Pathology, Director of Laboratory Services)

  2. Albuquerque Veterans Administration Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

    Cecilia M. Fenoglio-Preiser M.D. (Professor of Pathology, Director of Laboratory Services) (Professor of Pathology, Director of Laboratory Services)

  3. Department of Pathology, Memorial Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Morristown, New Jersey, USA

    Marianne Wolff M.D. (Professor of Clinical Surgical Pathology) (Professor of Clinical Surgical Pathology)

  4. Division of Pathology and Cytology, The National Tumor Institute, Milan, Italy

    Franco Rilke M.D. (Director) (Director)

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Mendelsohn, G., Suarez, M., Hassan, M.O., Subramanyan, S., Maksem, J.A. (1986). Histopathologic, Immunohistochemical, and Ultrastructural Studies of Lung Carcinomas. In: Fenoglio-Preiser, C.M., Wolff, M., Rilke, F. (eds) Progress in Surgical Pathology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-12817-6_5

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