title: Moderately differentiated peripheral adenocarcinoma of the lung with cilia.
abstract: We report an extremely rare case in which cilia were identifiable on light microscopic examination in cells of a moderately differentiated peripheral adenocarcinoma in the lung. The cells were positive for cytokeratin 7, and the cilia were highlighted by epithelial membrane antigen staining. The prognostic significance of these extremely well-differentiated ciliated tumor cells will be known only with long-term follow-up of the patient and analysis of more such tumors.
authors.affiliation: Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Amita Radhakrishnan
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.affiliation: Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India sandhyamani@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sandhyamani
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Samvedam
authors.affiliation: Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Unnikrishan
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Madathipat
authors.affiliation: Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Kapilamoorthy Tirur
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Raman
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D002923:Cilia / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor
keywords: ciliated tumor cells; lung adenocarcinoma; moderately differentiated; peripheral