Case Report

Small Cell Lung Cancer with Paraneoplastic Lipase Production

Kulchitsky cells represent the cells of origin of small cell lung cancer (SCLC). They display an antigenic makeup characteristic of both the neural crest and epithelium and have been shown to secrete both polypeptide hormones and enzymes. The coexistence of two or more (concomitant or sequential) paraneoplastic endocrine syndromes is…

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