Haenselt V
Zentralbl Allg Pathol. 1977;121(1-2):99-107.
The diagnosis of the alveolar cell carcinoma is based on the fact that it is a cytological and histological highly differentiated tumour. It consists thoroughly out of cylindrical cells. Furthermore, a diffuse carcinosis of the alveoli has to exist, i. e. lining of the intact alveolar walls by cancer cells. The adenocarcinoma is the only alternative in differential diagnosis to the alveolar cell carcinoma in view of the cytological and histological criteria. Pulmonary metastases of extrapulmonary adenocarcinomas can exactly imitate the histologic pattern of the alveolar cell carcinoma and can be diagnosed only by the clinician.
肺泡细胞癌的诊断基于这样一个事实，即它是一种细胞学和组织学上高度分化的肿瘤。它完全由柱状细胞组成。此外，必须存在肺泡的弥漫性癌，即癌细胞覆盖完整的肺泡壁。鉴于细胞学和组织学标准，腺癌是肺泡细胞癌鉴别诊断中的唯一替代选项。肺外腺癌的肺转移可精确模仿肺泡细胞癌的组织学模式，且只能由临床医生进行诊断。
