Adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma in the same lobe of the lung. A case report.
Multiple primary lung cancers, either synchronous or metachronous, are unusual. We treated a 70-year-old man with double synchronous lung cancers in the right upper lobe, an adenocarcinoma and a squamous cell carcinoma. As multiple malignant lesions in an early stage may be curable, those patients in whom a lung cancer has already been detected, and who have an increased risk, such as long history of heavy smoking or of exposure to some carcinogens, an aggressive check-up should be performed and should be closely watched.
Kitamura
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Department of Surgery II, Kyushu University, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
Mitsudomi
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Ishida
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Kaneko
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Sugimachi
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography