TRIPLE LUNG CANCERS IN A PATIENT WITH SILICOSIS

Citation
K. Honma et al., TRIPLE LUNG CANCERS IN A PATIENT WITH SILICOSIS, Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, 105(10), 1993, pp. 289-293
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
ISSN journal
00435325
Volume
105
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
289 - 293
Database
ISI
SICI code
0043-5325(1993)105:10<289:TLCIAP>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A case of pulmonary silicosis associated with triple lung cancers is p resented. Two of the three tumors were unexpected clinically. The disc ussion deals with the diagnostic difficulty in radiological differenti ation between the pneumoconiotic mass lesion and superimposed tumor sh adows, as well as the possible causal relationship between the two con ditions. From the practical point of view, elderly patients with pneum oconiosis should be carefully monitored for the development of lung ca ncer.