A Case of Small Cell Lung Cancer Coexisting with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

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Song, June Seok¹  Lee, Gun Hwa¹  Lee, Min Kyu¹  Kim, Woong Jun¹  Lee, Seung Ho¹  Kim, Sang Heon¹  Kim, Tae Hyung¹  Yoon, Ho Joo¹  Shin, Dong Ho¹  Park, Sung Soo¹  Choi, Jung Hye¹  Oh, Young Ha²  Sohn, Jang Won¹ 

[1] Departments of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine;Departments of Pathology, Hanyang University College of Medicine

关键词: Leukemia;    Lymphocytic;    Chronic;    B-Cell;    Small Cell Lung Carcinoma;   

DOI  :  10.4046/trd.2011.71.6.454

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

【 摘 要 】

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common type of leukemia occurring in Western nations. In CLL it is well known that the risk of a secondary malignancy is higher than in the normal population. But in Korea, CLL is a rare type of leukemia, so there have been only a few reported cases with a secondary malignancy. CLL is characterized by progressive defects in both cell-mediated and humoral immunity. It is known that defects in the immune system of patients with CLL contribute to the development of a secondary malignancy. We experienced a case of a 71-year-old man who suffered from a chronic cough and was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer coexisting with CLL. Until this case, there was no reported case in Korea of small cell lung cancer coexisting with CLL. We now report a case of small cell lung cancer coexisting with CLL and present a literature review.

【 授权许可】

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