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Case Report
Three Synchronous Primary Lung Cancers in a Single Lobe
Author(s): Erika Simmerman DO, Christy Stover DO, Andrew Simmerman BS, Zhonglin Hao, Daniel Kleven and Carsten SchroederErika Simmerman DO, Christy Stover DO, Andrew Simmerman BS, Zhonglin Hao, Daniel Kleven and Carsten Schroeder
As a result of improved cancer detection and greater life expectancy, diagnoses of synchronous primary lung cancers are becoming more common. We present a unique example of three distinctly different histologic tumors in one lobe. A 63 year-old female with suspicious lung nodules opted for short term CT-scan follow-up for two separate right upper lobe (RUL) nodules. In the two months interval a new subcentimeter RUL nodule developed. All three nodules were hypermetabolic on PET-CT. After wedge resection, that revealed a large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, a formal right upper lobectomy was performed. Pathology revealed: a Sarcomatoid carcinoma, an adenocarcinoma with intracellular mucine, and a large cell neuroendocrine caricnoma. Interestingly, the third tumor was discovered during post-surgical tum.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2165-7920.1000502
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