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Primary lung adenocarcinoma with morule-like components: a unique histologic hallmark of aggressive behavior and EGFR mutation.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Jul 2014
Tsuta Koji, Kawago Mitsumasa, Yoshida Akihiko, Sekine Shigeki, Asamura Hisao, Furuta Koh, Kushima Ryoji
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BACKGROUND: Lung adenocarcinoma with morule-like components is an unusual variant of lung adenocarcinoma, comprising uniform, tightly packed spindle-shaped cells, which fill the lumen of the glandular structures of the carcinoma. The aim of the study was to outline the clinicopathologic features of this variant. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We examined a series of 904 surgically resected adenocarcinomas. We defined...
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