Current Thoracic Surgery
2021 , Vol 6 , Issue 2
Pulmonary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: a diagnostic challenge
Current Thoracic Surgery 2021;6(2):078-081. (5 August 2021)
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine, Manisa, Turkey
2Department of Pathology, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Medicine, Manisa, Turkey
DOI : 10.26663/cts.2021.0015
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Pulmonary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) is known by its highly aggressive behaviour. General presentation is early spread to both regional lymph nodes and distant sites. Here we present a totally asymptomatic patient with a huge fluid-filled cystic lesion detected incidentally in a chest radiograph.
Keywords : large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, pulmonary, hydatid cyst