small blue cell tumor

Introduction

tumors of small cells with mostly small roundish nuclei & scanty cytoplasm; includes

• Ewings sarcoma
• PNET
• small cell osteosarcoma
• small cell carcinoma (neuroendocrine carcinoma)
• rhabdomyosarcoma
• medulloblastoma
• monomorphic Wilm's tumor
• neuroblastoma
• carcinoid
• lymphoma

More specific terms

• carcinoid (argentaffinoma)
• Ewing's sarcoma
• lymphoma (lymphosarcoma)
• medulloblastoma
• neuroblastoma
• primitive neuroectodermal tumor
• rhabdomyosarcoma (Sarcoma Botryoides)
• small cell carcinoma
• Wilm's tumor; nephroblastoma