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SPICES, School of Medical Sciences  |  Health Campus, USM

The exhibit displays solitary lung lesion over the upper lobe.

Section shows malignant cells arranged in glands and some in single cells. Some of the glands are elongated and back to back configuration. The cells are moderately pleomorphic, round to oval nuclei shaped, vesicular shromatin pattern and moderate amount of eosinophilic cytoplasm. The stroma is desmoplastic. Atypical mitosis seen.

Adenocarcinoma of the lung

Pesakit lelaki berumur 62 tahun, perokok tegar kronik, mengalami batuk berdarah.

Jenis pembedahan: Lobektomi

Diagnosis: Kanser paru-paru

Status: Pesakit mendapat rawatan kemoterapi walau bagaimanapun telah meninggal dunia akibat kanser.