| Literature DB >> 11750718 |
H F M van der Heijden1, Y F Heijdra, J Bulten, J Festen.
Abstract
Extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma (SCC) is a very rare disease, and a primary pleural manifestation is extremely rare. A case of SCC of the pleura in a 66-year-old man with pre-existent asbestos-related pleural plaques is presented. This is the first case of pleural SCC in a patient with asbestos-induced pleural disease and the third reported case of a pleural SCC. The SCC developed in an area with pre-existent pleural thickening, underlining the need for careful analysis of alterations in the manifestation of pleural disease in patients with asbestos exposition.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID： 11750718 DOI： 10.1016/s0169-5002(01)00326-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lung Cancer ISSN： 0169-5002 Impact factor: 5.705