title: Cholestatic jaundice as the presenting symptom of small cell lung cancer.
abstract: Small-cell lung cancer is an infrequent (10%) form of lung cancer which may rarely become apparent with signs of distant metastases. A case is presented where a cholestatic syndrome was the presenting feature of a small-cell lung cancer which was not suspected clinically. The misleading clinical picture, the inaccurate results of ultrasound, ERCP and chest x-ray did not allow the correct diagnosis to be made until post mortem examination. Even according to the published experience, which is reviewed here, this presentation and clinical course appear exceedingly rare.
authors.affiliation: Università di Padova, Divisione di Gastroenterologia, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Castagliuolo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mastropaolo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Del Favero
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Mario
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Farinati
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sturniolo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cecchetto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naccarato
mesh_terms: D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged