[Double-primary cancer of the lung and trachea].
A 70-year-old woman with no history of smoking was admitted to the hospital because of a persistent cough and pneumonia in the right lower lobe. Examination with a fiberoptic bronchoscope revealed an intratracheal polypoid tumor and a polypoid tumor almost completely obstructing the right bronchus B(8). Biopsies were done, and histological diagnosis of both tumors was squamous cell carcinoma. A sleeve resection of the trachea with end-to-end anastomosis and right lower lobectomy were done. Examination of specimens resected from both tumors revealed moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. Synchronous double-primary cancer (both squamous cell carcinoma) of the lung and trachea in a non-smoker is very rare.
Kishiro
I
I
Division of Thoracic Disease, Tochigi Cancer Center, Japan.
Mori
K
K
Suga
Y
Y
Tominaga
K
K
Kamiya
N
N
Yokoi
K
K
Miyazawa
N
N
D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*