Morphologically, the ciliated adenocarcinoma in this case appeared to be a non-TRU type adenocarcinoma, with partial mucous epithelium, no visible extracellular mucus, thyroid transcription factor (TTF)-1 negativity, and mucin (MUC) 5AC positivity on immunostaining. The gene discussed is MUC5AC; the disease is adenocarcinoma.