title: [The third primary-the second metachronous lung cancer in the same patient].
abstract: Having more than one lung carcinoma in an organism is called as multiple primary lung carcinoma. The probability of having a second primary lung carcinoma in the same patient at the different times is very rare.Third primary lung carcinoma has not been reported in literature before. A sychronous mass was determined on a 67 years old man about eight years ago. The mass was localized on the left upper lobe and it's histologic type was squamous cell carcinoma/adenosquamous cell carcinoma (bronchioalveolar component). A left upper lobectmy was performed with a left thorocotomy. Thirty nine months after that operation a metachronous epidermoid carcinoma was determined on the right upper lobe, consequently a right upper lobectomy was performed to him. A squamous cell carcinoma was determined on the right intermedier bronch as a third time and second metachronous 49 months later after the first operation. After all he underwent chemotherapy. We reported this case because of a second metachronous tumour in the same patient has not been reported before and to emphasize the effects of postoperative follow up on the prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Chest Surgery, Ataturk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. gokturkfindik@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Göktürk
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fındık
authors.forename: Seray
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hazer
authors.forename: Koray
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aydoğdu
authors.forename: Abdulkadir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Küçükbayrak
authors.forename: Sadi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaya
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018196:Carcinoma, Adenosquamous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013997:Time Factors