Carcinoid of lung (bronchial adenoma) arise from: (A) Ciliated cell, (B) Kulchitsky cell, (C) Type 2 pnemocytes, (D) Clara cell
Answer is B. 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.