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Poorly differentiated small cells
Arise from neuroendocrine cells
Chromogrannin positive |
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Small cell carcinoma
Arise from (Kulchitsky) cells |
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Associated with smoking
Centrally located
May produce ACTH |
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Small cell carcinoma
Chromogrannin positive |
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| May produce ADH, ACTH, or cause Eaton Lambert Syndrome |
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Term
Keratin pearls
Intracellular bridging |
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Definition
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Associated with smoking
Centrally located
May produce PTHrP |
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Most common tumor in nonsmokers and female smokers
Glands or mucin seen on histology |
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Definition
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Peripherally located
May involve the pleura |
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Definition
Adenocarcinoma
Most common tumor in nonsmokers and in female smokers |
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Poorly differentiated
No keratin pearls, no intercellular bridges, no mucin or glands seen |
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Definition
Large Cell Carcinoma
Poor prognosis |
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Columnar cells that grow along preexisting bronchioles and alveoli
Arise from Clara cells |
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Definition
| Branchioalveloar carcinoma |
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Not related to smoking
Peripherally located
Presents with a pneumonia like consolidation |
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Definition
| Bronchioalveolar carcinoma |
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Well differentiated neuroendocrine cells
Chromogrannin positive |
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Presents as a polyp like mass in the bronchus
Grows in cellular nest like distribution |
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| Most common organs that metastasize TO the lung |
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Breast and colon
The lung likes to metastasize to the adrenals too |
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| Presents as cannon ball nodules on imaging |
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