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The term is no longer used in the new classification.<ref name=pmid21926387>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Travis | first1 = WD. | last2 = Brambilla | first2 = E. | last3 = Noguchi | first3 = M. | last4 = Nicholson | first4 = AG. | last5 = Geisinger | first5 = K. | last6 = Yatabe | first6 = Y. | last7 = Powell | first7 = CA. | last8 = Beer | first8 = D. | last9 = Riely | first9 = G. | title = International association for the study of lung cancer/American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society: international multidisciplinary classification of lung adenocarcinoma: executive summary. | journal = Proc Am Thorac Soc | volume = 8 | issue = 5 | pages = 381-5 | month = Sep | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1513/pats.201107-042ST | PMID = 21926387 |URL = http://iaslc.org/assets/Documents/lung-adenocarcinoma-classification.pdf }}</ref>
The term is no longer used in the new classification.<ref name=pmid21926387>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Travis | first1 = WD. | last2 = Brambilla | first2 = E. | last3 = Noguchi | first3 = M. | last4 = Nicholson | first4 = AG. | last5 = Geisinger | first5 = K. | last6 = Yatabe | first6 = Y. | last7 = Powell | first7 = CA. | last8 = Beer | first8 = D. | last9 = Riely | first9 = G. | title = International association for the study of lung cancer/American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society: international multidisciplinary classification of lung adenocarcinoma: executive summary. | journal = Proc Am Thorac Soc | volume = 8 | issue = 5 | pages = 381-5 | month = Sep | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1513/pats.201107-042ST | PMID = 21926387 |URL = http://iaslc.org/assets/Documents/lung-adenocarcinoma-classification.pdf }}</ref>
*It is now "adenocarcinoma in situ" see ''[[lung adenocarcinoma]]''.
*It is now "adenocarcinoma in situ" see ''[[lung adenocarcinoma]]''.
==Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung==
===General===
*Strong association with smoking.
*May be treated with surgery.
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Central nucleus.
*Dense appearing cytoplasm, usu. eosinophilic.
*+/-Small nucleolus.
DDx:
*Metastatic [[squamous cell carcinoma]].
*[[Adenocarcinoma of the lung]].
==Small cell carcinoma of the lung==
===General===
*Strong association with smoking.
*Typically treated with chemotherapy.
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Stippled chromatin.
*High NC ratio, scant basophilic cytoplasm.
*Typically small cells ~2x RBC diameter.
*+/-Nuclear moulding.
*No nucleolus.
*Necrosis.
*Mitoses.
DDx:
*Metastatic small cell carcinoma.
*[[Lymphoma]].
*[[Atypical carcinoid]].
*Other [[small round blue cell tumours]].


==Malignant mesothelioma==
==Malignant mesothelioma==
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