TY - JOUR
T1 - An operative case of synchronous thymic carcinoma and primary lung carcinoma
AU - Tarukawa, Tomohito
AU - Takao, Motoshi
AU - Shimamoto, Akira
AU - Kobayashi, Tetsu
AU - Taguchi, Osamu
AU - Shimpo, Hideto
PY - 2007/8
Y1 - 2007/8
N2 - Background. Case of synchronous thymic carcinoma and primary lung carcinoma are rare. Case. A 79-year-old man was found to have an anterior mediastinal tumor 2 years previously. A computed tomographic scan showed a growing anterior mediastinal tumor, and a solitary nodule in the right upper lobe. CT-guided needle biopsy of both tumors revealed squamous cell carcinoma, and additional immunohistochemical study using CD5 verified that they were synchronous double carcinomas; one CD 5 positive and the other negative. Extended thymothymomectomy and wedge resection of the right S3 of the lung, after one course of the chemotherapy (paclitaxel + carboplatin), were performed through median sternotomy. The pathological effect of the chemotherapy was Ef 0 in the thymic carcinoma and Ef 3 in the primary lung carcinoma, respectively. Conclusion. We reported an operated case of chemotreated synchronous thymic and primary pulmonary squamous cell carcinomas, which were preoperatively diagnosed by needle biopsies by immunohistochemical studies using CD5.
AB - Background. Case of synchronous thymic carcinoma and primary lung carcinoma are rare. Case. A 79-year-old man was found to have an anterior mediastinal tumor 2 years previously. A computed tomographic scan showed a growing anterior mediastinal tumor, and a solitary nodule in the right upper lobe. CT-guided needle biopsy of both tumors revealed squamous cell carcinoma, and additional immunohistochemical study using CD5 verified that they were synchronous double carcinomas; one CD 5 positive and the other negative. Extended thymothymomectomy and wedge resection of the right S3 of the lung, after one course of the chemotherapy (paclitaxel + carboplatin), were performed through median sternotomy. The pathological effect of the chemotherapy was Ef 0 in the thymic carcinoma and Ef 3 in the primary lung carcinoma, respectively. Conclusion. We reported an operated case of chemotreated synchronous thymic and primary pulmonary squamous cell carcinomas, which were preoperatively diagnosed by needle biopsies by immunohistochemical studies using CD5.
KW - CD5
KW - Primary lung carcinoma
KW - Synchronous double carcinoma
KW - Thymic carcinoma
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U2 - 10.2482/haigan.47.355
DO - 10.2482/haigan.47.355
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:35148879199
SN - 0386-9628
VL - 47
SP - 355
EP - 359
JO - Japanese Journal of Lung Cancer
JF - Japanese Journal of Lung Cancer
IS - 4
ER -