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[[Image:Well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma.jpg|thumb|300px|Well-differentiated SCC.[[H&E stain]].]] | |||
'''Carcinoma''' is an epithelial-derived [[malignancy]]. | '''Carcinoma''' is an epithelial-derived [[malignancy]]. | ||
Revision as of 18:07, 23 August 2014
Well-differentiated SCC.H&E stain.
Carcinoma is an epithelial-derived malignancy.
Types of carcinoma
Large categories
- Adenocarcinoma.
- Squamous cell carcinoma (also squamous carcinoma).
- Small cell carcinoma.
- Adenosquamous carcinoma.
- Clear cell carcinoma.
- Mucinous carcinoma.
- Neuroendocrine carcinoma.
An incomplete list
- Collecting duct carcinoma.
- Tubulocystic carcinoma of the kidney.
- Tubulocystic carcinoma.
- Endometrial carcinoma.
- Epithelial myoepithelial carcinoma.
- Ductal carcinoma of the breast.
- Anal carcinoma.
- Gallbladder carcinoma.
- Colorectal carcinoma.
- Small cell carcinoma.
- Renal cell carcinoma.
- Follicular thyroid carcinoma.
- Papillary thyroid carcinoma.
- Medullary thyroid carcinoma.
- Embryonal carcinoma.
- Hepatocellular carcinoma.
- Adrenocortical carcinoma.
- Basal cell carcinoma.
- Ductal carcinoma. - may be at number of sites (e.g. breast, pancreas) and invasive or non-invasive.
- Lobular carcinoma.
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
- Mucoepidermoid carcinoma.
- Renal medullary carcinoma.
- Adenoid cystic carcinoma.
- Mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma.
- Salivary duct carcinoma.
- NUT midline carcinoma.
- Urothelial carcinoma.