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pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia

diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia, PNECH

Pulmonary tumorlets and neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia are part of a continuous spectrum of NE-cell hyperplasia, going from NE hyperplasia to carcinoid.

See also

- pulmonary tumorlet

References

- Ge Y, Eltorky MA, Ernst RD, Castro CY. Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2007 Apr;11(2):122-6. PMID: 17349572

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