Multiple metachronous and synchronous malignancies with lung and thorax involvement. Report of two cases

Publication date: 2018Source: Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, Volume 24Author(s): Konstantinos Sapalidis, Nikos Schizas, Achileas Lazopoulos, Parthena Kamparoudi, Dimitris Paliouras, Chrysa Sardeli, Fotis Konstantinou, Fotis Chatzinikolaou, Pavlos Sarafis, Paul Zarogoulidis, Ioanna Kougioumtzi, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Ilias Karapantzos, Chrysa Karapantzou, Stella Laskou, Charilaos Koulouris, Stylianos Mantalobas, Dimitris Giannakidis, Isaak Kesisoglou, Nikos BarbetakisAbstractMultiple primary malignant neoplasms (MPMN) is an uncommon phenomenon, while the diagnosis of such conditions is very significant. Considering that the strategy of the treatment is determined by the histological type of the tumor, practitioners should be alert in order to avoid malpractices in cases of multiple metachronous or synchronous malignancies. In this article we report two rare cases of MPMN. The first patient suffered from three metachronous malignant neoplasms, specifically tonsillar, lung and breast cancer, while the second patient was diagnosed with four synchronous and metachronous malignant tumors, including renal and lung cancer, basaloid carcinoma and melanoma. Such cases are extremely rare in the clinical practice and poorly described in the literature.
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