title: One-stage operation for thoracic aortic arch aneurysm and left lung carcinoma: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The simultaneous surgical treatment of thoracic aortic arch aneurysm (TAA) and lung carcinoma is extremely rare.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the simultaneous surgical treatment of TAA and squamous cell carcinoma of the lung in a 72-year-old Japanese man. We performed a one-stage operation that consisted of aortic arch replacement for aortic arch aneurysm with a 3-branched artificial vessel under separate cerebral and systemic extracorporeal circulation, and left upper lobectomy for lung cancer via a left lateral thoracotomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although patients should be carefully selected for this procedure, the simultaneous surgical treatment of TAA and lung carcinoma can be performed safely.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chest Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.affiliation: Division of Chest Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Kota
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawada
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Masuhara
authors.affiliation: Division of Chest Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.affiliation: Division of Chest Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Otsuka
authors.affiliation: Division of Chest Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koezuka
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Pathology, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Naobumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tochigi
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Pathology, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.affiliation: Division of Chest Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. aiyoda@med.toho-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iyoda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods
keywords: Aortic arch aneurysm; Lung carcinoma; One-stage operation; Surgery