Korean J Gastroenterol.  2003 May;41(5):417-420.

Metastatic Small Cell Carcinoma of the Pancreas Originating from the Lung

• Lee TH
• Chung IK
• Gil HW
• Park HJ
• Kim YH
• Park SH
• Kim HS
• Lee MH
• Kim SJ
• Cho HD

Abstract

The incidence of small cell carcinomas of the pancreas is approximately 1% of malignant pancreatic diseases. About 10% of metastatic small cell carcinomas of the pancreas are originated from the lung. Diagnosis of primary small cell carcinomas of the pancreas should be done after exclusion of any extraabdominal presence of small cell carcinomas. Metastasis-induced acute pancreatitis is unusual and the case manifested by primary pancreatic cancer is also unusual. We experienced a rare case of metastatic small cell carcinoma of the pancreas, which was suspected to be originated from the lung. He presented with clinical features of acute pancreatitis and was diagonsed having small cell carcinoma of the pancreas by histologic examination. The radiographic finding on his chest was normal, but small cell lung cancer was detected by more active evaluation of the lung.

Keyword

Carcinoma; small-cell; Lung; Pancreas

MeSH Terms

Incidence
Neoplasm Metastasis
Lung Neoplasms
Pancreatic Neoplasms