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'''Organ''': Lung
'''Organ''': Lung


'''Description''':
'''Description''': We can see some normal lung parenchyme that has been invaded by multiple foci. There is also a large tumor on the left of the slide.
 
We can see some normal lung parenchyme that has been invaded by multiple foci. There is also a large tumor on the left of the slide.


The cells of the tumor are very small, and the tumor forms no structure.
The cells of the tumor are very small, and the tumor forms no structure.
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The chromatin of the tumor cells is granular, making it look like salt and pepper.[[File:Small cell lung cancer tumour cells.png|thumb|Close-up of the tumor. Note that the cells don’t form any structures (glands, layers). They just exist next to each other.|279x279px]]'''Diagnosis''': Small-cell lung carcinoma
The chromatin of the tumor cells is granular, making it look like salt and pepper.[[File:Small cell lung cancer tumour cells.png|thumb|Close-up of the tumor. Note that the cells don’t form any structures (glands, layers). They just exist next to each other.|279x279px]]'''Diagnosis''': Small-cell lung carcinoma


'''Causes''':
'''Risk factors''': Smoking
 
* Smoking


'''Theory''':
'''Theory''':
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Nuclear moulding is a morphological sign where the nuclei of two cells appear to be in contact. This signs occurs because the cells have so little cytoplasm that the whole cell is basically just the nucleus, making it look like the cells’ nuclei are in contact. The fact that we have many small foci in addition to the large tumor is also characteristic for small-cell carcinoma.
Nuclear moulding is a morphological sign where the nuclei of two cells appear to be in contact. This signs occurs because the cells have so little cytoplasm that the whole cell is basically just the nucleus, making it look like the cells’ nuclei are in contact. The fact that we have many small foci in addition to the large tumor is also characteristic for small-cell carcinoma.


Small-cell lung carcinoma has a much worse prognosis than non-small cell carcinoma (squamous and adenocarcinoma).A small-cell carcinoma is a type III neuroendocrine tumor. The salt-n-pepper morphology is characteristic for neuroendocrine tumors.[[File:Small cell lung cancer mitosis.png|thumb|This poor cell was in the middle of dividing when it died.|240x240px]]
Small-cell lung carcinoma has a much worse prognosis than non-small cell carcinoma (squamous and adenocarcinoma).A small-cell carcinoma is a type III neuroendocrine tumor. The salt-n-pepper morphology is characteristic for neuroendocrine tumors.[[File:Small cell lung cancer nuclear moulding.png|thumb|Nuclear moulding. Note the small size of the tumor cells. Note also their pleomorphism.|left|236x236px]][[File:Small cell lung cancer mitosis.png|thumb|This poor cell was in the middle of dividing when it died.|184x184px]]
[[File:Small cell lung cancer nuclear moulding.png|thumb|Nuclear moulding. Note the small size of the tumor cells. Note also their pleomorphism.|left|236x236px]]
[[Category:Pathology 1 - Histopathology slides]]
[[Category:Pathology 1 - Histopathology slides]]