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==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Neuroendocrine | *Neuroendocrine cell - confined by the basement membrane of the bronchus.<ref name=pmid20729444>{{Cite journal | last1 = Koo | first1 = CW. | last2 = Baliff | first2 = JP. | last3 = Torigian | first3 = DA. | last4 = Litzky | first4 = LA. | last5 = Gefter | first5 = WB. | last6 = Akers | first6 = SR. | title = Spectrum of pulmonary neuroendocrine cell proliferation: diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia, tumorlet, and carcinoids. | journal = AJR Am J Roentgenol | volume = 195 | issue = 3 | pages = 661-8 | month = Sep | year = 2010 | doi = 10.2214/AJR.09.3811 | PMID = 20729444 }}</ref> | ||
**Salt and pepper chromatin. | **Salt and pepper chromatin. | ||
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*They often project into the airway. | |||
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