Unilateral metachronous lung cancers in a patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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 performe...

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Published inOncology reports Vol. 6; no. 4; p. 763
Main Authors Kirishima, K, Satoh, H, Yamashita, Y T, Ohtsuka, M, Sekizawa, K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Greece 01.07.1999
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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
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1021-335X
1791-2431
DOI:10.3892/or.6.4.763