Small cell carcinoma of the appendix

BACKGROUND: An extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma is a rare condition. It has similar histological features to pulmonary small cell carcinoma and is equally aggressive. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 60-year-old woman who presented with right upper quadrant pain. Computerised tomograph...

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Autores principales: O'Kane, Anna M, O'Donnell, Mark E, Shah, Rajeev, Carey, Declan P, Lee, Jack
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2241597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18197972
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-6-4
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: An extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma is a rare condition. It has similar histological features to pulmonary small cell carcinoma and is equally aggressive. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 60-year-old woman who presented with right upper quadrant pain. Computerised tomography revealed an appendiceal lesion and multiple liver metastases. Exploratory laparotomy and right hemicolectomy was performed with histopathological analysis confirming a primary small cell carcinoma of her appendix. CONCLUSION: This is the first reported case of a pure extrapulmonary carcinoma arising from the appendix.

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