title: Neuroendocrine Cancer of the Lung: A Diagnostic Puzzle.
abstract: Here we report the case of a pulmonary neuroendocrine tumor (pNET) in which the pathological diagnosis was revised several times over the course of the patient's disease because of atypical behavior of the tumor; consequently, the patient was treated with various treatment schedules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jules L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Derks
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ernst-Jan M
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Speel
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thunnissen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, s'-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Robert Jan
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: van Suylen
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Wieneke A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Buikhuisen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marie-Louise F
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: van Velthuysen
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: a.dingemans@mumc.nl.
authors.forename: Anne-Marie C
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Dingemans
mesh_terms: D018278:Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: Atypical carcinoid; Case report; Diagnosis; LCNEC; Lung