The case of synchronous occurrence of primary adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma in the same lobe of the lung.
Synchronous occurrence of multiple lung cancers in the same lobe of the lung is very rare. Most of the tumors diagnosed in this way have the same histologic type. With imaging methods it is difficult to determine if the multiple lung lesions present hematogenous spread of lung cancer (or cancer from other origin) or these lesions present the second primary lung cancer. We report a rare and unusual case of synchronous occurrence of primary adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma in the same lobe of the lung. Our case demonstrates that in case of synchronous occurrence of multiple lung lesions each lesion should be sampled and histologic type of every lesion should be determined so the further treatment can be planned accordingly.
a Clinical Department of Pathology and Cytology , Dubrava University Hospital , Zagreb , Croatia.
Jasna
J
Bacalja
a Clinical Department of Pathology and Cytology , Dubrava University Hospital , Zagreb , Croatia.
Čedna
Č
Tomasović Lončarić
b Department of Pulmonary Diseases , University Hospital Center Zagreb , Zagreb , Croatia.
Suzana
S
Kukulj
c Department for Thoracic Surgery , Dubrava University Hospital , Zagreb , Croatia.
Igor
I
Nikolić
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
Adenocarcinoma; Squamous cell carcinoma; Synchronous lung cancer