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'''Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma''', abbrevited '''LCNEC''' and '''LCNE'''<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Barbareschi M, Mariscotti C, Barberis M, Frigo B, Mosca L |title=Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung |journal=Tumori |volume=75 |issue=6 |pages=583–8 |date=December 1989 |pmid=2559526 |doi= |url=}}</ref>, can be thought of as the ''large cell variant of small cell carcinoma''.

These are rare tumours with a poor prognosis.

Pulmonary LCNEC is dealt with in the ''[[small cell carcinoma of the lung]]'' article.  Neuroendocrine tumours, in general, are dealt with in ''[[neuroendocrine tumours]]''.

==References==
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==See also==
*[[Neuroendocrine tumours]].

[[Category:Pulmonary pathology]]