title: Squamous cell carcinoma lung with progressive systemic sclerosis.
abstract: Association between progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) and lung malignancy is rare yet well recognised. In order of frequency bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) is most common followed by squamous cell carcinoma, oat cell carcinoma, anaplastic carcinoma of lung. We present a 55 year old non-smoker male patient with PSS, who presented to us with progressively increasing shortness of breath and dry cough. Initially clinico-radiologically he was provisionally diagnosed as a case of non-resolving pneumonia. Subsequent investigations revealed it is a case of squamous cell carcinoma of lung with PSS.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine, IPGMER and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata.
authors.forename: Susmita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kundu
authors.forename: Ritabrata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mitra
authors.forename: Swapnendu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: Sumit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D045743:Scleroderma, Diffuse / Q000150:complications*