A rare case of synchronous malignant thoracic tumors.
Malignant neurogenic mediastinal tumors in adults are uncommon and extremely aggressive. We report the case of a 61-year-old male patient with the simultaneous occurrence of malignant mediastinal schwannoma and bronchioloalveolar carcinoma. Although bronchioloalveolar carcinoma is present in 4-7% of the resected synchronous thoracic tumors, this association has never been reported in the literature. However, it is a common finding in patients presenting apparently inflammatory infiltrates and ground-glass opacities, as in the case presented here.
Bibas
Benoit Jacques
BJ
Hospital Central da Polícia Militar do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. bjbibas@click21.com.br
Madeira
Marcos
M
Gavina
Rodrigo
R
Hoehl-Carneiro
Leonardo
L
Sardinha
Sergio
S
D002282:Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery