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Metastatic small cell lung cancer causing biliary obstruction

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We report a case with metastatic small cell lung cancer which first manifested with biliary obstruction due to metastasis. Prognosis of patients presenting with jaundice due to hepatic parenchyma involvement is thought to be poor. However, the patient was successfully treated with percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage and combination chemotherapy with reduced dosage. We believe this to be the first such case report, despite the frequency of metastasis to the liver from small cell lung cancer.

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  1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 305-8575, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, Japan

    Maki Obara, Hiroaki Satoh MD, Yuko T Yamashita, Morio Ohtsuka & Shizuo Hasegawa

  2. Department of Pathology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan

    Hiroshi Kamma

  3. Department of Surgery, Ogawa Kokuho Hospital, Japan

    Kazuo Orii

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  1. Maki Obara
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Obara, M., Satoh, H., Yamashita, Y.T. et al. Metastatic small cell lung cancer causing biliary obstruction. Med Oncol 15, 292–294 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02787217

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