Pulmonary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: a diagnostic challenge
Demet Yaldız1,Mehmet Sadık Yaldız1,Ayça Tan2
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
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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