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Abstract |
High Serum Neuron-Specific Enolase (NSE) Level Firstly Ignored as Normal Reaction in a Small Cell Lung Cancer Patient: a Case Report and Literature Review |
Background: High serum neuron-specific enolase (NSE) level has been in use as a tumor marker; however, some physicians may ignore NSE levels in serum, especially when the patients are asymptomatic. Here we report a case that a 51 year old female patient with no respiratory symptoms who had a NSE level which increased extremely over three months and was eventually diagnosed small cell lung cancer (SCLC).
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