The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine - Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Volume 72 Number 4 July 2005	back to contents

Multiple Primary Intrathoracic Neoplasms: Case Report and a Review of the Literature	274-278
Tatjana Peroš-Golubicic, M.D., Ph.D.1, Silvana Smojver-Ježek, M.D., M.Sc.2, Marijan Gorecan, M.D.3, Njetocka Gredelj, M.D.2, Jasna Tekavec-Trkanjec, M.D., Ph.D.1, and Marija Alilovic, M.D.1

From the Departments of 1Pneumology, 2Cytology, and 3Radiology, University Clinic for Lung Diseases “Jordanovac,” 10 000 Zagreb, Jordanovac 104, Croatia.

Address all correspondence to Tatjana Peroš-Golubicic, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Pneumonologist, University Clinic for Lung Diseases, 10 000 Zagreb, Jordanovac 104, Croatia; e-mail: tperos-golubicic@net.hr

Accepted for publication December 2004.

Abstract

This is a case report of a patient diagnosed with three distinct primary intrathoracic tumors (mesothelioma, carcinoid and B-cell lymphoma). The patient had previously had mycosis fungoides.

The occurrence of multiple neoplasms in a single patient, synchronous or metasynchronous, is not a rare phenomenon; the incidence varies from 1–11% of all neoplasms. They can be hereditary, or connected with some environmental agents or previous therapies. The incidence of multiple neoplasms increases with age. We report an extremely rare case of multiple intrathoracic neoplasms in a 71-year-old man. A left upper lobectomy was performed, followed by 6 courses of chemotherapy and irradiation of the sternum. The patient was stable two years later.

KEYWORDS

Intrathoracic, multiple neoplasms.

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