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'''Azzopardi phenomenon''' is something one occasionally sees as a pathologist. | '''Azzopardi phenomenon''', also '''Azzopardi effect''', is something one occasionally sees as a [[pathologist]] -- in [[small cell carcinoma]]. | ||
==Definition== | ==Definition== | ||
*Smudged DNA.<ref name=pmid12951999>{{cite journal |author=Pritt BS, Cooper K |title=The Azzopardi phenomenon |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=127 |issue=9 |pages=1231 |year=2003 |month=September |pmid=12951999 |doi= |url=http://journals.allenpress.com/jrnlserv/?request=get-abstract&issn=0003-9985&volume=127&page=1231}}</ref> | *Smudged DNA.<ref name=pmid12951999>{{cite journal |author=Pritt BS, Cooper K |title=The Azzopardi phenomenon |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=127 |issue=9 |pages=1231 |year=2003 |month=September |pmid=12951999 |doi= |url=http://journals.allenpress.com/jrnlserv/?request=get-abstract&issn=0003-9985&volume=127&page=1231}}</ref> | ||
**Looks like smudged ink -- from a crappy ball-point pen. | **Looks like smudged ink -- from a crappy ball-point pen. | ||
===Image=== | |||
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Image:Metastatic_small_cell_carcinoma_-_high_mag.jpg |Azzopardi phenomenon in a metastatic small cell carcinoma. (WC) | |||
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==Eponym== | ==Eponym== | ||
*Named after the pathologist (Azzopardi) that showed it isn't calcium.<ref name=pmid12951999/> | *Named after the pathologist (Azzopardi) that showed it isn't calcium.<ref name=pmid12951999/><ref name=pmid13795444>{{Cite journal | last1 = AZZOPARDI | first1 = JG. | title = Oat-cell carcinoma of the bronchus. | journal = J Pathol Bacteriol | volume = 78 | issue = | pages = 513-9 | month = Oct | year = 1959 | doi = | PMID = 13795444 }}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Lung]]. | *[[Lung]]. | ||
*[[Lung cancer]]. | *[[Lung cancer]]. | ||
*[[Small cell carcinoma]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist|2}} | {{reflist|2}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Pulmonary pathology]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:57, 4 May 2015
Azzopardi phenomenon, also Azzopardi effect, is something one occasionally sees as a pathologist -- in small cell carcinoma.
Definition
- Smudged DNA.[1]
- Looks like smudged ink -- from a crappy ball-point pen.
Image
Azzopardi phenomenon in a metastatic small cell carcinoma. (WC)
Eponym
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pritt BS, Cooper K (September 2003). "The Azzopardi phenomenon". Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 127 (9): 1231. PMID 12951999. http://journals.allenpress.com/jrnlserv/?request=get-abstract&issn=0003-9985&volume=127&page=1231.
- ↑ AZZOPARDI, JG. (Oct 1959). "Oat-cell carcinoma of the bronchus.". J Pathol Bacteriol 78: 513-9. PMID 13795444.