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Carcinoid of lung (bronchial adenoma) arise from

A
Ciliated cell
B
Kulchitsky cell
C
Type 2 pnemocytes
D
Clara cell
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. (b) Kulchitsky cell(Ref: Robbins 9th/pg 719)Enterochromaffin (EC) cells, or "Kulchitsky cells"; are a type of enteroendocrine and neuroendocrine cell occurring in the epithelia lining the lumen of the digestive tract and the respiratory tract that release serotonin.Tumors from these cells results in carcinoid.

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