TURKISH JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY 2004 , Vol 19 , Num 4
SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER WİTH PANCREATİC METASTASE: REPORT A CASE
Dr. Kürşat UZUN1, Dr. Osman TEMİZÖZ2, Dr. Süleyman ALICI3, Dr. İrfan BAYRAM4, Dr. Orhan ALTINÖZ1, Dr. Cengizhan SEZGİ1, Dr. Ayten İŞLEK1, Dr. Bülent ÖZBAY1
1Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göğüs Hastalıkları AD, Van
2Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Radyoloji AD, Van
3Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Medikal Onkoloji AD, Van
4Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Patoloji AD, Van
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) among lung cancers is mostly encountened one. Pancreas is one of the rarest metastatic sites for SCLC. In this report a case of small cell lung cancer with diabetes mellitus associated with pancreatic metastase.

A 48 year old woman was admitted to the hospital with dyspnoea, cough, sputum and signs of superior vena cava obstruction. In bronchoscopy, a tumor was seen at the level of carina and infiltrating distal to the trachea. Specimens of bronchial biopsy and lawage were not diagnostic. A chemotherapeutic regimen consisting of cis-platinum and etoposide was given and then radiotherapy for paliation of VCSS. A few months after chemo-radiotherapy, the patient complanined of severe abdominal pain and developed an uncontrolled Diabets. Abdominal ultrasonography showed a mass. A tru-cut biopsy under USG was performed and histopatholojic examination demonstrated a small cell cancer originated from lung. Sitostatic treatment was completed to 6 cycles. The lesion in the lung was regressed in to 80 % whereas the pancreatic lesion did not change. The patient was died 12 months after diagnosis. Keywords : Small cell lung cancer, pancreatic metastase