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A Case of Skin Metastasis of Lung Carcinoma Associated with Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
Author(s) -
Matsukawa Ataru,
Furusugi Yuzuru
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1989.tb01595.x
Subject(s) - medicine , superior vena cava syndrome , metastasis , lung , carcinoma , superior vena cava , radiology , pathology , cancer
An unusual case of lung carcinoma with both skin metastasis and superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) is reported. The histological type of the primary lesion as taken by punch biopsy was small cell carcinoma consisting of relatively small cells with hyperchromatic nuclei and scanty cytoplasm. The cutaneous metastatic lesion consisted of large cells with light‐staining nuclei and small cells with deep‐staining nuclei; it had foci of glandular elements by light microscopy. Neurosecretory granules characteristic of small cell carcinoma were found in the tumor cell cytoplasm by electron microscopy. Cutaneous metastatic rates, complication rates of SVCS, and histological varieties of small cell lung carcinomas are discussed.