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type II pneumocyte papillary adenoma

Papillary adenoma of type II pneumocyte is an unusual benign lung neoplasm.

Synopsis

- cuboidal to columnar epithelial cells with a little nuclear atypia
- monotonous papillary pattern
- delicate stroma

Immunochemistry

- surfactant apoprotein in the cytoplasm

Electron microscopy

- osmiophilic lamellar bodies characteristic of type II pneumocytes

References

- Yamamoto T, Horiguchi H, Shibagaki T, Kamma H, Ogata T, Mitsui K. Encapsulated type II pneumocyte adenoma: a case report and review of the literature. Respiration. 1993;60(6):373-7. PMID: 8290804