title: [A case of atypical pulmonary carcinoid accompanying skin metastasis].
abstract: A 73-year-old woman underwent cranial surgery in 1999 after receiving a diagnosis of suspected malignant meningioma. She began complaining of headache 2 years postoperatively, and around the same time, she noticed a painful skin tumor. She was then transferred to our hospital for further evaluation. The skin tumor was diagnosed by skin biopsy as an atypical metastatic carcinoid tumor. Systemic examination demonstrated a primary lesion in the left lung. Pulmonary, skin and bone biopsy samples exhibited the same pathological findings as those of the atypical pulmonary carcinoid tumor. She did not show any carcinoid symptoms. EP therapy (etoposide + carboplatin) and CAV therapy (cyclophosphamide + doxorubicin + vincristin) were administered, but there was no clinical response. The patient is currently doing well without chemotherapy and is being followed by the Outpatient Department.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University, 1-1 Daigaku Uchinada Kahoku, Ishikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Rieko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hatta
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nambu
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tachi
authors.forename: Taku
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oikawa
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Katsuma
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tuchihara
authors.forename: Takeyasu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tobe
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Osanai
authors.forename: Hirohisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Toga
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohya
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*