Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a highly aggressive malignant neoplasm, accounting for 10-15% of lung cancer cases, characterized byrapid growth, and early metastasis. SCLC usually manifests as a large hilar mass with bulky mediastinal lymphadenopathy presenting clinically with chest pain, persistent cough, dyspnea, wheezing, hoarseness, hemoptysis, loss of appetite, weight loss, and neurological and endocrine paraneoplastic syndromes. SCLC is primarily reported in elderly people with a history of long-term tobacco exposure.
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DOID:5409; DOID:5411; NCIT:C4917; Orphanet:70573; http://identifiers.org/medgen/57450; http://identifiers.org/mesh/D055752; http://identifiers.org/omim/182280; http://identifiers.org/snomedct/254632001; http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0149925; http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0262584; http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/CN244903; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/mondo/sources/icd11foundation/1800431439; https://omim.org/entry/182280; lung oat cell carcinoma; lung small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma; oat cell carcinoma of lung; oat cell carcinoma of the lung; small cell cancer of the lung, somatic; small cell carcinoma of lung; small cell carcinoma of the lung; small cell lung cancer; small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of lung; small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung; small-cell cancer of lung