Synchronous Lung Tumors
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Case report

Synchronous Lung Tumors

Thorac Res Pract 2004;5(2):128-130
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Abstract

Synchronous lung cancer is the simultaneous presence of mo­re than one primary foci of cancer in separate anatomical com­ponents of the lung. It is relatively rare. Here we report a case with synchronous lung cancers in the right and left upper lo­bes. The patient underwent staged bilateral lobectomies. Ten following surgery a locoregional recurrence was obser­ved in the right hemithorax.

Keywords: synchronous lung cancer, staged bilateral thoracotomy months