Dual Primary Malignancy: A Rare Organ Combination

A 63-year-old female smoker was evaluated for lump over the right breast, fine needle aspiration cytology of which showed infiltrating ductal carcinoma. Investigations also revealed the presence of left upper lobe mass lesion, the biopsy of which suggested small cell carcinoma. The existence of two...

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Main Authors:	Preetam Acharya, Anand Ramakrishna, Tanuj Kanchan, Rahul Magazine
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:	Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/760631

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spelling	doaj-94aac2cbe3934e3695896b476e0d0e052020-11-25T00:28:32ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Pulmonology2090-68462090-68542014-01-01201410.1155/2014/760631760631Dual Primary Malignancy: A Rare Organ CombinationPreetam Acharya0Anand Ramakrishna1Tanuj Kanchan2Rahul Magazine3Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kasturba Medical College-Mangalore, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka 575 001, IndiaDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Kasturba Medical College-Mangalore, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka 575 001, IndiaDepartment of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College-Mangalore, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka 575 001, IndiaDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Kasturba Medical College-Manipal, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka 576 104, IndiaA 63-year-old female smoker was evaluated for lump over the right breast, fine needle aspiration cytology of which showed infiltrating ductal carcinoma. Investigations also revealed the presence of left upper lobe mass lesion, the biopsy of which suggested small cell carcinoma. The existence of two malignancies having different histopathologies at anatomically distinct sites suggests the diagnosis of dual primary malignancy involving the breast and the lung which, being a rare combination, prompted us to report the case.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/760631
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title	Dual Primary Malignancy: A Rare Organ Combination
title_short	Dual Primary Malignancy: A Rare Organ Combination
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publisher	Hindawi Limited
series	Case Reports in Pulmonology
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description	A 63-year-old female smoker was evaluated for lump over the right breast, fine needle aspiration cytology of which showed infiltrating ductal carcinoma. Investigations also revealed the presence of left upper lobe mass lesion, the biopsy of which suggested small cell carcinoma. The existence of two malignancies having different histopathologies at anatomically distinct sites suggests the diagnosis of dual primary malignancy involving the breast and the lung which, being a rare combination, prompted us to report the case.
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Dual Primary Malignancy: A Rare Organ Combination

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