Small cell lung carcinoma SCLC

• Facts:
  Highly correlated with cigarette exposure
  Neuroendocrine origin
  Most malignant lung cancer
  
• History / PE:
  Central location (like squamous cell carcinoma )
  Mets usually found on presentation
  Peripheral neuropathy
  Weakness ( Lambert-Eaton syndrome )
• Treatment:
  Unresectable
  Mainstay of treatment is chemotherapy
• Pneumonic:
  "S entral" is S quamous cell and S mall cell carcinoma
• See Also:
  Lung cancer
• Associated With:
  Cushing's syndrome (ACTH)
  SIADH
  Peripheral neuropathy
  Subacute cerebellar degeneration
  Lambert-Eaton syndrome