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Thoracoscopic Extended Right Middle Plus Lower Sleeve Lobectomy for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Published on: February 27, 2026
[A new case of pleural small cell carcinoma]
1Service de pneumo-allergologie, CHU Hédi Chaker, Sfax 3029, Tunisie. ilhem.bouaziz@rns.tn
Abstract:
Small cell carcinoma (SCC) is commonly of pulmonary origin. Pleural small cell carcinoma is a very uncommon feature. We report here a case of small cell carcinoma of the pleura in a 36 year old man. The diagnosis of primary disease SCC of the pleura was established by transparietal pleural biopsy in absence of any mediastino-pulmonary or extrathoracic other lesions that could be the primary tumor. The treatment was based on chemotherapy with cisplatin and etoposide. The patient died four months in spite of cytotoxic chemotherapy. Extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma is a rare entity. Immunohistochemistry study is very useful for the diagnosis. The prognosis seems to be worse than the small cell lung cancer.
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