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From: Adenocarcinoma ex-goblet cell carcinoid (appendiceal-type crypt cell adenocarcinoma) is a morphologically distinct entity with highly aggressive behavior and frequent association with peritoneal/intra-abdominal dissemination: an analysis of 77 cases

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(a) ‘Microglandular pattern’ composed of tumor cells dispersed as punched-out rosette-like tubules with rigid luminal borders and lined by polarized cuboidal-columnar cells. Single goblet-type tumor cells are interspersed between tubules. (b) Mixed mucinous type carcinoma pattern’ with abundant stromal mucin containing small clusters of floating goblet cell carcinoid-type crypts within it.

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