Lung cancer associated with Sweet's syndrome: report of a case.
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.
Arai
Hiromasa
H
Department of General Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
Rino
Yasushi
Y
Yamanaka
Sumitaka
S
Suganuma
Nobuyasu
N
Yukawa
Norio
N
Wada
Nobuyuki
N
Hara
Sayaka
S
Hirokado
Michiko
M
Oshiro
Hisashi
H
Masuda
Munetaka
M
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D016463:Sweet Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome