Widespread skin metastases: Could it be small cell?
Journal Title: Online Turkish Journal of Health Sciences - Year 2019, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a neuroendocrine tumor usually presents with disseminated disease. The majority of patients have distant metastases and initial therapeutic management is systemic chemotherapy. SCLC patients almost never survive without treatment and most important factor is than prompt diagnosis of the disease. A case of SCLC with extensive stage disease that was accurately diagnosed via excised skin nodule is presented in this report.
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