Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Miliary Lung Metastases from Genital Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinomas
Akimasa SekineMakiko SatohKoji OkudelaMai MatsumuraYukio MorishitaYuko MinamiKenji HayashiharaTakefumi SaitoTae IwasawaTakashi Ogura
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2019 Volume 58 Issue 8 Pages 1127-1130

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We herein report two cases of miliary lung metastases from genital carcinoma in uterine cervix and endometrium. Notably, these patients were unable to receive any anti-tumor chemotherapy due to rapid progression causing respiratory failure, and they ultimately died of disease progression within only a month after the first visit to our hospitals. A postmortem examination confirmed the diagnosis of genital large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC). Chest physicians should be aware of genital LCNEC with a dismal prognostic entity as an important differential diagnosis of miliary lung metastases.

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