Resection of synchronous lung and Vater's papilla cancer.
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.
Tamura
Koichi
K
Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-Machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan.
Takamori
Shinzo
S
Hayashi
Akihiro
A
Miwa
Keisuke
K
Fukunaga
Mari
M
Maeshiro
Kanetaka
K
Nakamura
Hisashi
H
Tamae
Tsuyoshi
T
Isomoto
Hiroharu
H
Shirouzu
Kazuo
K
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*