Metachronous and synchronous lung tumors: five malignant lung pathologies in 1 patient during 7 years

Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Dec;78(6):2154-5. doi: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01514-5.

Abstract

We present the case of a 70-year-old man who previously had a left upper lobectomy for nonsmall cell lung carcinoma that subsequently developed into small cell carcinoma, which was successfully treated, and finally he had a right upper lobectomy that revealed three synchronous lung malignancies. We were unable to find a previous case report with a total of five separate lung malignancies with a combination of metachronous and synchronous tumors. This case demonstrates the importance of screening after the diagnosis and treatment of lung carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Aged
  • Carcinoid Tumor / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Small Cell / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary* / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary* / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary* / surgery
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary* / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary* / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary* / surgery
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Radiography