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01-08-2012 | Case Report

A case of resected synchronous multiple primary lung cancer comprising adenocarcinoma and carcinoid (cancer-in-cancer)

Authors: Yoshinori Nagamatsu, Yasunori Iwasaki, Harutaka Omura, Hiroyuki Kumazoe, Ryozo Hyashida, Kazuo Shirouzu

Published in: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Issue 8/2012

Abstract

We performed surgical resection of synchronous multiple primary lung cancer, comprising adenocarcinoma and carcinoid components. The latter tumor was located within the central scar tissue formed by the adenocarcinoma (cancer-in-cancer). The patient was a 67-year-old Japanese woman who had a nodular lesion in the right S1 on chest computed tomography. Lung cancer was diagnosed intraoperatively by rapid needle aspiration cytology, and right upper lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection was performed. Histological examination of the resected specimen revealed cancer-in-cancer, consisting of adenocarcinoma and a carcinoid tumor. The carcinoid component was localized within the central fibrous scar of the dominant adenocarcinoma component.

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Title: A case of resected synchronous multiple primary lung cancer comprising adenocarcinoma and carcinoid (cancer-in-cancer)
Authors: Yoshinori Nagamatsu
Yasunori Iwasaki
Harutaka Omura
Hiroyuki Kumazoe
Ryozo Hyashida
Kazuo Shirouzu
Publication date: 01-08-2012
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery / Issue 8/2012
Print ISSN: 1863-6705
Electronic ISSN: 1863-6713
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-012-0029-z

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