title: [Small cell carcinoma. Incidence, histopathology and anatomical features. Analysis of 465 autopsied bronchopulmonary carcinomas (author's transl)].
abstract: 465 patients with broncho-pulmonary malignant tumors have been autopsied. Small cell carcinoma was diagnosed in 22.5 per cent of these patients. The histo-cytological variants of these tumors (lymphocytoid, polygonal, fusiform and polymorphic) had the same general characteristics (age, sex, survival) and a similar clinical course. Grossly and histologically, the bronchial tumor, always located in proximal bronchial tree, largely involved the mediastinum. Metastases were peculiarly frequent to the liver (69%), to bone (64.2%) and to the central nervous system (36.2%). Three Schwartz-Bartter syndromes and two Denny Brown sensitive neuropathies were noted in this statistical study.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Le cancer bronchique à petites cllules: fréquence, histopathologie et évolution anatomique; analyse d'un recrutement nécropsique de 465 cancers bronchopulmonaires.