A histochemical and ultrastructural study of adenocarcinoma of the lung

Twenty-five cases of solitary nodular adenocarcinoma of the human lung were studied histochemically and ultrastructurally and their morphological characteristics were compared to the cells observed in the control lungs. Adenocarcinoma cells of the human lung may be classified into following four types: Type A--cells resembling the bronchial goblet cell; Type B--cells resembling the mucous cell of…