title: Resection of synchronous lung and Vater's papilla cancer.
abstract: We present a case of a 78-year-old man with a synchronous double cancer of the lung and Vater's papilla. A pancreaticoduodenectomy was performed for Vater's papilla cancer and a partial lung resection for lung cancer. The pathological diagnosis of the tumors was a well differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma and well differentiated bronchioloalveolar carcinoma, respectively. Although most cases of synchronous double cancers involve lung and gastric cancers, a combination of lung and Vater's papilla is extremely rare. This patient is still alive with no recurrence for 5 years after the last operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-Machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Shinzo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takamori
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miwa
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
authors.forename: Kanetaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeshiro
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamae
authors.forename: Hiroharu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Isomoto
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shirouzu
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002282:Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D014670:Ampulla of Vater; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*