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Vol.37 No.2 contents | Japanese/English |
- Case Report -
Double Cancer Consisting of Adenocarcinoma of the Lung and Malignant Schwannoma in the Anterior Mediastinum
Hidefumi Sasaki1,2, Masaaki Sano1, Takeshi Yamada1, Motoki Yano1,2 and Takeo Mizuno11Thoracic Surgery, Seirei Resporatory Disease Center, 2The second Department of Surgery, Nagoya City University, Medical School
A 69-year-old male patient underwent resection of malignant schwannoma of the anterior mediastinum at a local clinic two years ago. Left upper lobectomy was performed for left S4 adenocarcinoma of the lung at Seirei Respiratory Disease center a year later. He had a coin lesion in right S3 on chest X-ray film a year after operation. Metastatic lung cancer was suspected and subsequently tumor resection was performed. The pathological diagnosis was metastatic lung tumor of malignant schwannoma. Among 227 cases of surgically resected lung cancer at our hospital from 1987 through 1992, there were 22 cases of double primary cancer. However, ling cancer accompanied by malignant mediastinal tumor was seen only in the present case.
key words: Lung cancer, Adenocarcinoma, Malignant schwannoma, Malignant mediastinal tumor, Double cancer
Received: January 28, 1997
Accepted: February 27, 1997
JJLC 37 (2): 243-248, 1997
