Primary pulmonary collision cancer consisting of large cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma.
A case of pulmonary collision tumor is herein reported. An abnormal shadow was discovered in the right lung of a 53-year-old man. A right upper lobectomy with a mediastinal lymph node dissection was performed. Based on the findings of a postoperative pathologic examination, this tumor was considered to be a collision tumor of large cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma, as the distribution of each tumor was clearly separated. This case is the first report of a primary pulmonary collision tumor consisting of large cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma.
Second Department of Surgery, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Shoji
S
Nakata
Yoshika
Y
Nagata
Masakazu
M
Sugaya
Manabu
M
Yasuda
Toshihiro
T
Yamashita
Mitsuhiro
M
Takenoyama
Takeshi
T
Hanagiri
Masaru
M
Morita
Tetsuo
T
Hamada
Kenji
K
Sugio
Kosei
K
Yasumoto
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018287:Carcinoma, Large Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D011013:Pneumonectomy