Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,896,374,636 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Blue Cell Tumour
(redirected from Blue Cell Tumor)

    0.01 sec.
Blue Cell Tumour
A usually malignant tumour, the cells of which are arranged in nests, sheets, and masses, and composed of relatively monotonous, round-to-oval, 8–15-µm in diameter cells with poorly defined cytoplasmic borders and strongly basophilic—blue—by H&E staining nuclei; embryologic origin often requires ancillary information provided by histologic pattern, immunohistochemistry, and rarely electron microscopy
DiffDx
Children Neuroblastoma, Ewing sarcoma, NHL, embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
Adults Neuroendocrine tumour, mesenchymal chondrosarcoma, hemangiopericytoma, large cell lymphomas, Merkel cell tumour, small cell osteosarcoma, small/oat cell carcinoma, alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma


Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Medical browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
An anterior-chamber fine-needle aspiration biopsy showed a small, round blue cell tumor, consistent with retinoblastoma (Figure 2, A and B).
1) Merkel cell carcinoma is seen as a small, blue cell tumor on histology and is distinguished from small-cell lung cancer and the small-cell variant of melanoma by immunohistochemistry.
95) PRIMITIVE NEURAL TUMORS OF CHILDHOOD A number of primitive, small round blue cell tumors are found in the CNS.
 
 
 
Medical Dictionary
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.