Difference between revisions of "Pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia"

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 ==Microscopic==
 Features:
-*Neuroendocrine cells.
+*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.
-**Arranged linearly along the bronchus - 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>
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+*They often project into the airway.
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