Synchronous double primary lung cancers of squamous and neuroendocrine type associated with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis

J W Seo; J G Im; Y W Kim; J H Kim; M N Sheppard

doi:10.1136/thx.46.11.857

Synchronous double primary lung cancers of squamous and neuroendocrine type associated with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis

Thorax. 1991 Nov;46(11):857-8. doi: 10.1136/thx.46.11.857.

Authors

J W Seo¹, J G Im, Y W Kim, J H Kim, M N Sheppard

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, Seoul National, University College of Medicine, Yongondong Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

A 72 year old man with simultaneously occurring squamous cell and neuroendocrine carcinomas in association with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis is reported. The tumours were separate and both were in the fibrotic area of the right lower lobe.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoid Tumor / complications*
Carcinoid Tumor / pathology
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / complications*
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / complications*
Lung Neoplasms / pathology
Male
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary* / pathology
Pulmonary Fibrosis / complications*