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Medical AI Inquiry: You were designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.
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Basophilic staining of vascular walls due to encrustation by DNA from necrotic tumour cells is seen in which of the following variants of lung cancer?
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The correct answer is  Basophilic staining of vascular walls due to encrustation by DNA from necrotic tumor cells is given name as Azzopardi effect associated with small cell variant of lung cancer. It has neurosecretory granules which release DNA material from tumor cells resulting in Azzopardi effect.