Unilateral metachronous lung cancers in a patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Oncol Rep. 1999 Jul-Aug;6(4):763-5. doi: 10.3892/or.6.4.763.

Abstract

The incidence of lung cancer in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is much higher than that in general population. We report on a case of large cell carcinoma in association with the additional occurrence, seven months later, of an adenocarcinoma of the lung. Surgical treatment was performed for each cancer, however, the outcome was poor. The association between the two disorders is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / complications*
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Large Cell / complications*
  • Carcinoma, Large Cell / surgery
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications*
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / complications*
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography