Asthma associated with small-cell lung cancer.
Bronchial asthma due to small-cell carcinoma is very rare and reports in the literature are few. This paper reports such a case. Asthma was the only noteworthy clinical manifestation of admission. More detailed examination, undertaken because the patient failed to respond to bronchodilator therapy, revealed a pulmonary carcinoma. The bronchoconstriction responded only to octreotide therapy.
Istituto di Medicina Interna e Scienze Oncologiche, Università di Perugia, Italy.
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D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015282:Octreotide / Q000627:therapeutic use
D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; D015282:Octreotide