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carcinoma
(redirected from spindle cell carcinoma)

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carcinoma: see neoplasm neoplasm or tumor, tissue composed of cells that grow in an abnormal way. Normal tissue is growth-limited, i.e., cell reproduction is equal to cell death.
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carcinoma Pathol
1. any malignant tumour derived from epithelial tissue
2. another name for cancer
carcinoma [‚kärs·ən′ō·mə]
(medicine)
A malignant epithelial tumor.
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Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) showed predominantly spindle cells with scattered lymphocytes (figure 1, B), suggesting a differential diagnosis that included thymoma, spindle cell carcinoma, spindle cell variants of medullary and anaplastic thyroid carcinomas, and a spindle cell variant of lymphoma.
Unusual paratracheal masses presenting with vocal fold paralysis by Powers, Celeste N. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Gersell DJ, Katzenstein AA: Spindle cell carcinoma of the breast.
Metaplastic carcinoma in an ectopic breast. (Case Histories) by Gardner, Rhea / Southern Medical Journal
Histologic sections showed an anaplastic lesion composed of pleomorphic spindle cells that formed broad, haphazardly arranged fascicles that surrounded scattered epithelial islands (Figure 2, D), representing a poorly differentiated spindle cell carcinoma or carcinosarcoma.
Pigmented Papillary Epithelial Neoplasm of the Pituitary Fossa by Fuller, Christine E.; Smith, Mark; Miller, Douglas C.; Schelper, Robert / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
 
 
 
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