title: Fast-growing large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of mediastinum.
abstract: Neuroendocrine carcinomas combine a heterogeneous group of tumors occurring in lungs on a rare occasion, and in some cases, they appear to have extraordinary quick growth and extrapulmonary localization. In this case we present a 42-year-old patient who underwent a right upper lobectomy for emphysema, and 6 months later, the tumor developed again into a giant neuroendocrine carcinoma of the mediastinum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Pulmonology, Pavlov' State Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lukina
authors.forename: Stanislav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gorbunkov
authors.forename: Ivetta
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dvorakovskaja
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Varlamov
authors.forename: Andrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akopov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D018287:Carcinoma, Large Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018278:Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018450:Disease Progression; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment