Small cell lung cancer

Case contributed by Natalie Yang , 16 Feb 2010
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Henry Knipe, 30 Jan 2017

Updates to Case Attributes

Body was changed:

Small cell lung cancer with multiple pulmonary nodules and extensive mediastinal nodal metastases.

Confirmed confirmed on biopsy.

Histopathology

Good needle cores show sheets of small hyperchromatic cells with nuclear moulding and smeared chromatin characteristic of small cell anaplastic (oat cell) carcinoma.

  • -<p><a href="/articles/small-cell-lung-cancer-1" title="Small cell lung cancer">Small cell lung cancer</a> with multiple pulmonary nodules and extensive mediastinal nodal metastases. </p><p>Confirmed on biopsy. </p><p>Good needle cores show sheets of small hyperchromatic cells with nuclear moulding and smeared chromatin characteristic of small cell anaplastic (oat cell) carcinoma.</p>
  • +<p><a href="/articles/small-cell-lung-cancer-1">Small cell lung cancer</a> with multiple pulmonary nodules and extensive mediastinal nodal metastases confirmed on biopsy.</p><p><strong>Histopathology</strong></p><p>Good needle cores show sheets of small hyperchromatic cells with nuclear moulding and smeared chromatin characteristic of small cell anaplastic (oat cell) carcinoma.</p>

Systems changed:

  • Oncology

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