Neuroendocrine component of different types of the pulmonary carcinoma.
One hundred and seventy lung tumors were examined: 155 squamous cell carcinoma, 12 adenocarcinomas and 3 mixed adenosquamous carcinoma. In electron microscopic examination the neuroendocrine cells were found: in 31 cases of squamous carcinoma, in 9 cases of adenocarcinoma, and 1 case of mixed adenosquamous carcinoma.
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Department of Clinical Pathomorphology, University School of Medicine, Poznań.
Młynarczyk
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Błotna-Filipiak
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Przybyłowski
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000648:ultrastructure; D018196:Carcinoma, Adenosquamous / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009490:Neurosecretory Systems / Q000502:physiology*