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Squamous cell carcinoma. Note keratin pearls and desmosomes Name some characteristics. Only in smokers Centrally located Hypercalcemia PTH like substance is made CLUBBING. asthma. Note the thickened BM and SM cells. Bronchoalveolar Carcinoma. Subset of adenocarcinoma
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Squamous cell carcinoma Note keratin pearls and desmosomes Name some characteristics
Only in smokers • Centrally located • Hypercalcemia PTH like substance is made • CLUBBING
asthma Note the thickened BM and SM cells
Bronchoalveolar Carcinoma • Subset of adenocarcinoma • Not associated with smoking • Peripheral location • Bronchograms are common • Cough with frothy sputum
Bad sputum sample Shows the normal squamous epithelial cells found in the upper respiratory tract… Contamination of the sample
Small cell carcinoma Note blue cells with high N/C ratio No nucleoli Salt n peppa neuroendocrine cells
Adenocarcinoma Name the characteristics
Mucin • Glands • Peripheral • Most common type of lung CA • Can occur at sites of scars • Clubbing • Most common type of lung CA in non smokers
Charchot-leyden crystals Found in what lung disease?
asthma These are formed from granules of destroyed eosinophils
“discrete tumor of benign tissues in excess or disarray” Cartilage in excess
Smudge cell Ha—were you paying attention in hemonc??
Large cell undifferentiated lung cancer Note that there are no glands, desmosomes, keratin Name some characteristics.
Located most often in the periphery • Ummmm.
Pneumocystis carinii Foamy stuff in alveolar spaces BAL is a good test for PCP
Patchy regions of interstitial inflammation and fibrosis alternating with normal lung parenchyma • Temporal heterogeneity • What’s the differential?
UIP • Asbetosis • Rheumatic disease • What’s the treatment?
Bacterial pneumonia Diplococci and white cells from sputum sample What are the common bacteria that cause this?
Streptococcus pneumoniae • Staphlococcus aureus • Hemophilus influenze (gram neg) • Klebsiella pneumonia (gram neg) • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
bronchiectasis Purulent debris in lumen Dilated bronchus Def:?
Irreversible dilation of airways caused by inflammatory destruction of airway walls • Most common cause is infection • 2 non-obstructive causes =
Cystic fibrosis • Kartagener’s syndrome • (primary cilia dyskinesia syndrome)
pneumonia Alveolar filling with PMNs