A CASE-REPORT OF SYNCHRONOUS TRIPLE CANCER RESECTED SIMULTANEOUSLY

We report a unique case of a patient with synchronous renal cell carci noma, hepatocellular carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the oral floor. All three tumors were resected during a single operation. The patient was a 75-year-old man with masses in the liver and right kidne y discovered by ultrasound examination during a routine checkup. Furth er examination also revealed a squamous cell carcinoma of the oral flo or. The patient underwent a simultaneous radical nephrectomy, enucleat ion of the liver tumor and resection of the tumor of the oral floor. T he diagnoses were histopathologically confirmed. The number of patient s with multiple cancers has recently been increasing. The possibility of a second or third malignant lesion should be considered, not only i n patients with a known malignancy but also in those without malignanc y. The importance of screening procedures in the early detection of ma lignancy before the appearance of clinical symptoms should be emphasiz ed.