Current Thoracic Surgery 2021 , Vol 6 , Issue 2
Pulmonary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: a diagnostic challenge
Demet Yaldız1,Mehmet Sadık Yaldız1,Ayça Tan2
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 Viewed : 2899 - Downloaded : 1174 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