oat cell carcinoma

Oat cell carcinoma with hypercortisolemia presenting to a psychiatric hospital as a suicide attempt.

Chronic exposure can increase the incidence of oat cell carcinoma, a type of lung cancer.

When associated with the lung, it is sometimes called "oat cell carcinoma" due to the flat cell shape and scanty cytoplasm.

Ibrahim NB, Briggs JC, Corbishley CM: Extrapulmonary oat cell carcinoma.

It was not until 1962 that small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC), then called "oat cell carcinoma" was recognized for its unique biological behavior, including a much higher frequency of widespread metastases at presentation, and exquisite sensitivity to cytotoxic chemotherapy and radiation.