title: A case of a small cell lung carcinoma presenting with jaundice due to pancreatic metastasis.
abstract: Though the high incidence of pancreatic metastasis of lung cancer has been reported in autopsy series, symptomatic cases with jaundice due to that is very rare. Dominant histological type with pancreatic metastases is small cell carcinoma and prognosis is poor. Hereby, we report a case initially presenting with gastroenterologic symptoms as jaundice, nausea, vomiting, weight loss and abdominal pain and then diagnosed as primary small cell carcinoma of the lung with metastasis to pancreas. He underwent a palliative surgery due to obstructive jaundice. This presented case is a rare one with its priority of gastroenterologic symptoms rather than pulmonary complaints.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey. aysins@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ayşin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sakar
authors.forename: Eray
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aydede
authors.forename: Semin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ayhan
authors.forename: Pinar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: Arzu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yorgancioğlu
mesh_terms: D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000209:etiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed