title: Concurrent lung cancer in non-tuberculous mycobacteriosis: case report.
abstract: An 82-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital after multiple round opacities were detected in chest X-rays performed during a routine health screening. Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) was found in sputum cultures, and compatible pathological findings on biopsy confirmed pulmonary MAC infection, whereas biopsies from another opacity revealed adenocarcinoma of the lung.Curative surgery for the lung cancer confirmed a concurrence of lung cancer and pulmonary MAC infection. Since the prevalence of both of these lung diseases is increasing, suspicion of concurrence is critical to provide appropriate care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Asakura Medical Association Hospital, Asakura, Japan. koga.tk@asakura-med.or.jp
authors.forename: Takeharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: Rumi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamimura
authors.forename: Munetsugu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kage
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuo
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000077192:Adenocarcinoma of Lung; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed