[A new case of pleural small cell carcinoma].

Small cell carcinoma (SCC) is commonly of pulmonary origin. Pleural small cell carcinoma is a very uncommon feature. We report here a case of small cell carcinoma of the pleura in a 36 year old man. The diagnosis of primary disease SCC of the pleura was established by transparietal pleural biopsy in absence of any mediastino-pulmonary or extrathoracic other lesions that could be the primary tumor. The treatment was based on chemotherapy with cisplatin and etoposide. The patient died four months in spite of cytotoxic chemotherapy. Extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma is a rare entity. Immunohistochemistry study is very useful for the diagnosis. The prognosis seems to be worse than the small cell lung cancer.