3 SEPARATE MULTILOCULAR MALIGNANT-TUMORS OF THE AERODIGESTIVE TRACT IN A YOUNG MARIJUANA SMOKER

The occurrence of multilocular malignant tumors in the upper aerodiges tive tract in young patients with known marijuana abuse has been descr ibed by other authors. A case of a 28-year-old man who was known to ab use alcohol, nicotine and cannabis for some years is presented. He suf fered simultaneously from a squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx with bilateral cervical metastases, an adenocarcinoma of the transver se colon and a primary hepatocellular carcinoma. This case is the firs t reported that shows the occurrence of three separate malignant tumor s with different histologies in the aerodigestive tract which could be related to a chronic abuse of cannabis.