title: [Triple synchronous primary lung carcinomas in the same lobe; report of a case].
abstract: A 78-year-old female was referred to our department due to 3 abnormal shadows in the left lower lobe, that were S6, S8 and S10 by chest computed tomography (CT). Bronchoscopy was performed, but definitive diagnosis was not obtained. The result of surgical biopsy for S10 nodule was squamous cell carcinoma and left lower lobectomy with lymph node dissection was performed. Other 2 lesion were both adenocarcinoma with mixed subtypes. According to the criteria of Warren and Gates, and Martini, these 3 carcinomas were all primary lung cancers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Toda Chuo General Hospital, Toda, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsushi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Norihito
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Hidehiro
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inada
authors.forename: Shikofumi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tei
authors.forename: Norihiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ikeda
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*