fetal adenocarcinoma

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fetal adenocarcinoma

A rare form of adenocarcinoma of the lung, resembling fetal lung tissue when examined microscopically. It consists of columnar cells that have a clear cytoplasm and oval nuclei.

See also: adenocarcinoma

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[Clear cell adenocarcinoma with a component of well-differentiated fetal adenocarcinoma; report of a case] Kyobu Geka 2006;59:867-70.

Rare case of fetal adenocarcinoma of lung

The differential diagnostic clinical and pathologic features of pulmonary blastoma versus well-differentiated fetal adenocarcinoma and pleuropulmonary blastoma are summarized in Table 2.

Nakatani et al (68) have proposed the term blastomatoid variant of carcinosarcoma to classify carcinosarcomas with a high-grade fetal adenocarcinoma component.

Sarcomatoid neoplasms of the lung and pleura

Within the sarcomatoid carcinomas, separation of the subtypes is heavily dependent on adequate sampling to establish the presence of conventional carcinoma, fetal adenocarcinoma, and sarcoma components.

Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung: histologic criteria and common lesions in the differential diagnosis