A Case of Combined Small Cell Carcinoma with Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma, Adenocarcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Park, Hye Jung; Mun, Yeung Chul; Yu, Sung Keun; Shin, Kyeong Cheol; Chung, Jin Hong; Lee, Kwan Ho; Kim, Mi Jin; Lee, Jung Cheul

doi:2000.48.1.72

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 48(1); 2000 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2000;48(1):72-77.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2000.48.1.72 Published online January 1, 2000.

A Case of Combined Small Cell Carcinoma with Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma, Adenocarcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Hye Jung Park, Yeung Chul Mun, Sung Keun Yu, Kyeong Cheol Shin, Jin Hong Chung, Kwan Ho Lee, Mi Jin Kim, Jung Cheul Lee

¹Division of Pulmonary, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
²Division of Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Appropriate pathologic diagnosis of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is essential in order to apply the aggressive treatment modalities. But several subtypes of SCLC were suggested by various authors based on morphological features. Among them, the incidence of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) combined with squamous cell and/or adenocarcinoma, combined small cell lung cancer, represent less than 1% to 3% of SCLC tumors. Because of the rarity of SCLC combined with squamous cell and/or adenocarcinoma, very little is known about the clinical characteristics and response to therapy of these tumor. We report a case of SCLC combined with squamous cell and adenocarcinoma in 68 year old male who experienced pneumonectomy of the left lung.

Key Words: Combined small cell lung cancer