Other features of cancer

 

Basophilic (blue) intraluminal mucin, sticky secretions and intraluminal crystalloids may be seen in cancer. They may however also be seen in some benign lesions and are not pathognomonic for cancer (i.e. does not prove that it is cancer).

Cancer with intraluminal mucin

 

Cancer with intraluminal mucin, sticky secretions and intraluminal crystalloid.