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It may be abbreviated '''[[SCC]]''', leading to confusion with [[squamous cell carcinoma]].
It may be abbreviated '''[[SCC]]''', leading to confusion with [[squamous cell carcinoma]].


=Overview=
==Overview==
===Grouping===
===Grouping===
May be grouped as:<ref name=pmid21618245>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Grossman | first1 = RA. | last2 = Pedroso | first2 = FE. | last3 = Byrne | first3 = MM. | last4 = Koniaris | first4 = LG. | last5 = Misra | first5 = S. | title = Does surgery or radiation therapy impact survival for patients with extrapulmonary small cell cancers? | journal = J Surg Oncol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = May | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1002/jso.21976 | PMID = 21618245 }}</ref>
May be grouped as:<ref name=pmid21618245>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Grossman | first1 = RA. | last2 = Pedroso | first2 = FE. | last3 = Byrne | first3 = MM. | last4 = Koniaris | first4 = LG. | last5 = Misra | first5 = S. | title = Does surgery or radiation therapy impact survival for patients with extrapulmonary small cell cancers? | journal = J Surg Oncol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = May | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1002/jso.21976 | PMID = 21618245 }}</ref>
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*Thyroid gland.<ref name=pmid21644012>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Beach | first1 = DF. | last2 = Klump | first2 = WJ. | last3 = Haddad | first3 = G. | last4 = Reid | first4 = LM. | last5 = Schwarting | first5 = R. | last6 = Hageboutros | first6 = A. | title = Extrapulmonary small cell: a novel case of small cell carcinoma of the thyroid gland. | journal = Med Oncol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Jun | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1007/s12032-011-9996-7 | PMID = 21644012 }}</ref>
*Thyroid gland.<ref name=pmid21644012>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Beach | first1 = DF. | last2 = Klump | first2 = WJ. | last3 = Haddad | first3 = G. | last4 = Reid | first4 = LM. | last5 = Schwarting | first5 = R. | last6 = Hageboutros | first6 = A. | title = Extrapulmonary small cell: a novel case of small cell carcinoma of the thyroid gland. | journal = Med Oncol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Jun | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1007/s12032-011-9996-7 | PMID = 21644012 }}</ref>


=General=
==General==
Classic tumour with paraneoplastic syndromes - may be associated with:<ref name=pmid18316005>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sher | first1 = T. | last2 = Dy | first2 = GK. | last3 = Adjei | first3 = AA. | title = Small cell lung cancer. | journal = Mayo Clin Proc | volume = 83 | issue = 3 | pages = 355-67 | month = Mar | year = 2008 | doi =  | PMID = 18316005 }}</ref>
Classic tumour with paraneoplastic syndromes - may be associated with:<ref name=pmid18316005>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sher | first1 = T. | last2 = Dy | first2 = GK. | last3 = Adjei | first3 = AA. | title = Small cell lung cancer. | journal = Mayo Clin Proc | volume = 83 | issue = 3 | pages = 355-67 | month = Mar | year = 2008 | doi =  | PMID = 18316005 }}</ref>
*Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH).
*Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH).
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*Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome.
*Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome.


=Microscopic=
==Microscopic==
Features:
Features:
*Small cells -- typically 15-20 micrometers ~ 2x the size of [[RBC]].
*Small cells -- typically 15-20 micrometers ~ 2x the size of [[RBC]].
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*[[Endometrial stromal condensation]].
*[[Endometrial stromal condensation]].


==Images==
===Images===
www:
www:
*[http://networks.lww.com/pathology/blog/iow/pages/post.aspx?PostID=55 Small cell carcinoma in a lymph node (lww.com)].
*[http://networks.lww.com/pathology/blog/iow/pages/post.aspx?PostID=55 Small cell carcinoma in a lymph node (lww.com)].
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=Special types=
==See also==
*[[Ovarian small cell carcinoma of the hypercalcemic type]].
 
=See also=
*[[Lung tumours]].
*[[Lung tumours]].
*[[Azzopardi phenomenon]].
*[[Azzopardi phenomenon]].
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*[[Neuroendocrine tumours]].
*[[Neuroendocrine tumours]].


=References=
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Reflist|2}}


[[Category:Basics]]
[[Category:Basics]]
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