title: Neuroendocrine tumors of the lung.
abstract: The lung can develop a spectrum of neuroendocrine neoplasms, whose histopathologic classification is difficult, controversial, and potentially confusing for the surgical pathologist. This chapter describes the various pulmonary endocrine tumors of the lung and provides guidelines for their differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Marchevsky
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018358:Neuroendocrine Tumors / Q000473:pathology*