Synchronous Double Primary Cancers of Lung and Liver

Although reports of multiple primary malignant tumors have increased recently, cases of synchronous double primary tumors of lung and liver are rare. A 73-year-old man suffered from chronic cough. His chest x-ray showed segmental atelectasis of the right upper lobe. Bronchoscopy revealed a ma ss occluding the orifice of the anterior segmental bronchus of the right upper lobe, and a biopsy showed a squamous cell carcinoma. A synchronous hepatic mass was found by ultrasonography. However, F18-FDG-PET showed no evidence of a d istant metastasis. The liver biopsy revealed a hepatocellular carcinoma. A right upper lobe lobectomy and a sl eeve resection were performed for the lung cancer, and radiofrequency ablation was performed for the hepatocellular ca rcinoma. (Tuberc Respir Dis 2007; 62: 318-322)Key words: Double primary cancer, Lung cancer, Hepatocellular carcinoma.Address for correspondence: Jin Hwa Lee, M.D.Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans Uni-versity, College of Medicine, 911-1 Mokdong, Yancheon- gu, Seoul, 158-710, KoreaPhone: 82-2-2650-6007, Fax: 82-2-2655-2076E-mail: jinhwalee@ewha.ac.krReceived: Jan. 23. 2007Accepted: Mar. 9. 2007