No truth in names

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Pathology has no truth in names.

Examples:

Papillary thyroid carcinoma - does not need papillae.
Large cell variant of small cell carcinoma.
Sertoli-Leydig cell tumour - does not require Sertoli cells and Leydig cells.^[1]
Eosinophilic variant of clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

See also

Basics.

References

↑ Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (7th ed.). St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. pp. 1103. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.

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