[Surgical experience of 6 multiple primary lung cancers].
Recently, we often meet multiple primary lung cancers with ground glass opacity (GGO). It is necessary for us to find suitable strategy to each case. We report a rare case with 6 lesions all of which were resected surgically. A 60-year old male visited our hospital for examination of abnormal shadows on the chest X-ray. Computed tomography (CT) scan showed 5 GGO lesions in the lung field (2 in the left lower lobe, 2 in the right upper lobe, 1 in the right middle lobe). He underwent left S6 segmentectomy as a 1st surgery, followed by wedge resection of the right upper lobe with right middle as a 2nd surgery. Pathologically, they were type A and B of the Noguchi classification. After 3-year follow-up, a new lesion developed in the right lower lobe and was resected by right lower lobectomy. It was invasive papillary adenocarcinoma. As a consequence, 6 lesions were all removed safely. The patient has been well without recurrence for 1 year after the last surgery.
Hara
Hiroiku
H
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Yokohama Sakae Kyosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
Ikeda
C
C
Shimada
M
M
Nagamine
H
H
Sawa
S
S
Oda
M
M
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome