{"title":"Pulmonary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: a diagnostic challenge","authors":"Demet Yaldız, M. Yaldız, A. Tan","doi":"10.26663/cts.2021.0015","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"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.","PeriodicalId":72729,"journal":{"name":"Current challenges in thoracic surgery","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current challenges in thoracic surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.26663/cts.2021.0015","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
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.