title: An unusual case of three synchronous tumors in a young woman.
abstract: The occurrence in the same young patient of three synchronous tumors deriving from different embryogenic tissues and without a clear correlation with a common etiopathogenic factor is very unusual. We report a case of a Caucasian woman submitted to wide resection of a large retroperitoneal liposarcoma and right radical nephrectomy for suspected tumor infiltration. Histological examination of the right ureter and renal pelvis showed the presence of a multifocal urothelial carcinoma that was clinically asymptomatic. Two months later, during follow-up, chest X-ray and computed tomography documented a coin lesion of the upper left lung, confirmed by positron emission tomography. This nodule was surgically removed and examined histologically, resulting in a diagnosis of sclerosing hemangioma. The patient is alive without evidence of recurrent disease.
authors.affiliation: Unità Operativa di Oncologia Medica, Azienda Complesso Operativo (ACO) San Filippo Neri, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Longo
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carillio
authors.forename: Antonietta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Torrisi
authors.forename: Maria Pia
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Tocco
authors.forename: Giovanni Battista
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Grassi
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marrese
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fanasca
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Balistreri
authors.forename: Giampietro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gasparini
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D047868:Pulmonary Sclerosing Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*