Term Name: | breast large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma |
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Definition: | A breast carcinoma that is characterized by large cell size, polygonal shape, low nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio, finely granular eosinophilic cytoplasm, occasionally prominent nucleoli, peripheral palisading, mitosis, and necrosis and in which greater than 50% of the tumor cells are positive for neuroendocrine markers (NSE, chromogranin A, synaptophysin). |
Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:6657] ( DOID:6657 ) |