title: Lung cancer associated with Sweet's syndrome: report of a case.
abstract: Lung cancer associated with Sweet's syndrome is extremely rare. There are only seven reports of such cases. As far as could be determined from a comprehensive search, there is no reported operative case of lung cancer with this syndrome in the world literature. A 75-year-old Japanese man was diagnosed as having Sweet's syndrome. A chest computed tomography (CT) scan to screen for malignant lesions associated with this syndrome revealed an abnormal shadow in the lung. Although [(18)F]2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D: -glucose positron emission tomography showed no abnormal uptake, lung cancer was most strongly suspected by chest CT. His erythema improved rapidly with steroid therapy and he underwent a segmentectomy (S(6)) of the right lower lobe. A pathological examination revealed lung adenocarcinoma (pT1N0M0: Stage Ia). The patient was discharged from the hospital without any worsening of Sweet's syndrome. We herein report a first operative case of an early stage lung adenocarcinoma with this syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiromasa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rino
authors.forename: Sumitaka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: Nobuyasu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suganuma
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yukawa
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Sayaka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Michiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirokado
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oshiro
authors.forename: Munetaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masuda
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D016463:Sweet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome