title: A rare case of synchronous malignant thoracic tumors.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Central da Polícia Militar do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. bjbibas@click21.com.br
authors.forename: Benoit Jacques
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Bibas
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Madeira
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gavina
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hoehl-Carneiro
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sardinha
mesh_terms: 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