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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===
<gallery>
Image:Metastatic_small_cell_carcinoma_-_high_mag.jpg |Azzopardi phenomenon in a metastatic small cell carcinoma. (WC)
</gallery>


==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==
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[[Category:Lung pathology]]
[[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

Eponym

  • Named after the pathologist (Azzopardi) that showed it isn't calcium.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. 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.
  2. AZZOPARDI, JG. (Oct 1959). "Oat-cell carcinoma of the bronchus.". J Pathol Bacteriol 78: 513-9. PMID 13795444.