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Pancreatic involvement in small cell lung cancer

BACKGROUND: Few data are available concerning incidence, clinical picture, and prognosis for pancreatic metastases of small cell lung carcinoma. In this paper we review the related literature available in English language. CONCLUSIONS: Although pancreatic metastases are generally asymptomatic, they...

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Autores principales: Gonlugur, Ugur, Mirici, Arzu, Karaayvaz, Muammer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association of Radiology and Oncology 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3908842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24587774
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/raon-2013-0022
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description BACKGROUND: Few data are available concerning incidence, clinical picture, and prognosis for pancreatic metastases of small cell lung carcinoma. In this paper we review the related literature available in English language. CONCLUSIONS: Although pancreatic metastases are generally asymptomatic, they can rarely produce clinical symptoms or functional abnormalities. The widespread use of multi-detector computerised tomography (CT) in contemporary medical practice has led to an increased detection of pancreatic metastases in oncology patients. Tissue diagnosis is imperative because radiological techniques alone are incapable of differentiating them from primary pancreatic tumours. Pancreatic metastases occur in the relative end stage of small cell lung cancer. The main complications of these lesions, although rare, are acute pancreatitis and obstructive jaundice. Early chemotherapy can provide a survival benefit even in patients with mild acute pancreatitis or extrahepatic biliary obstruction.
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spelling pubmed-39088422014-03-01 Pancreatic involvement in small cell lung cancer Gonlugur, Ugur Mirici, Arzu Karaayvaz, Muammer Radiol Oncol Review BACKGROUND: Few data are available concerning incidence, clinical picture, and prognosis for pancreatic metastases of small cell lung carcinoma. In this paper we review the related literature available in English language. CONCLUSIONS: Although pancreatic metastases are generally asymptomatic, they can rarely produce clinical symptoms or functional abnormalities. The widespread use of multi-detector computerised tomography (CT) in contemporary medical practice has led to an increased detection of pancreatic metastases in oncology patients. Tissue diagnosis is imperative because radiological techniques alone are incapable of differentiating them from primary pancreatic tumours. Pancreatic metastases occur in the relative end stage of small cell lung cancer. The main complications of these lesions, although rare, are acute pancreatitis and obstructive jaundice. Early chemotherapy can provide a survival benefit even in patients with mild acute pancreatitis or extrahepatic biliary obstruction. Association of Radiology and Oncology 2014-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC3908842/ /pubmed/24587774 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/raon-2013-0022 Text en Copyright © by Association of Radiology & Oncology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3908842/
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