Thoracic Research and Practice
Case report

Small-Cell Carcinoma of the Lung With Valleculae Epiglottica Metastases

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Division of Chest Disease, Ankara Oncology Education and Research Hospital, Demetevler, Ankara, Turkey

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Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ankara Oncology Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

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Department of Pathology, Ankara Oncology Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

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Department of Surgery, Ankara Oncology Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

Thorac Res Pract 2004; 5: Turkish Respiratory Journal 196-198
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A 46-year-old patient who had concurrent symptoms of valleculae metastases and lung cancer and who was diagnosed as small-cell lung cancer, is presented. The patient is the first case of small-cell lung cancer with valleculae epiglottica metastases. Attention was drawn to the importance of laryngoscopic examination in the evalu­ation of patients with primary lung cancer who have symptoms sug­gestive of throat involvement.

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