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Primary Pulmonary Lymphoma and Synchronous Cecal Adenocarcinoma: A Rare Occurrence
In the era of extensive imaging and increasing indications for performing PET-CT scans, the recognition of synchronous tumors may be greater than before. However, the majority of these tumors are seen to occur in the same organ system, likely because of sharing similar pathogenic mechanisms. Synchro...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5268376/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28133582 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.944 |
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author | Saqib, Amina Ibrahim, Uroosa Maroun, Rabih |
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description | In the era of extensive imaging and increasing indications for performing PET-CT scans, the recognition of synchronous tumors may be greater than before. However, the majority of these tumors are seen to occur in the same organ system, likely because of sharing similar pathogenic mechanisms. Synchronous lung cancers of similar or differing histologies have been reported. Primary pulmonary lymphoma, which is a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, has also been seen with a synchronous primary lung cancer. However, we report a case of a 56-year-old male diagnosed with primary pulmonary lymphoma and on PET-CT imaging, found to have a cecal lesion, the biopsy of which showed adenocarcinoma. We discuss the incidence of the co-existence of multiple tumors, the pathogenic mechanisms involved, and approaches to the management of these rare clinical scenarios. |
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spelling | pubmed-52683762017-01-27 Primary Pulmonary Lymphoma and Synchronous Cecal Adenocarcinoma: A Rare Occurrence Saqib, Amina Ibrahim, Uroosa Maroun, Rabih Cureus Pathology In the era of extensive imaging and increasing indications for performing PET-CT scans, the recognition of synchronous tumors may be greater than before. However, the majority of these tumors are seen to occur in the same organ system, likely because of sharing similar pathogenic mechanisms. Synchronous lung cancers of similar or differing histologies have been reported. Primary pulmonary lymphoma, which is a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, has also been seen with a synchronous primary lung cancer. However, we report a case of a 56-year-old male diagnosed with primary pulmonary lymphoma and on PET-CT imaging, found to have a cecal lesion, the biopsy of which showed adenocarcinoma. We discuss the incidence of the co-existence of multiple tumors, the pathogenic mechanisms involved, and approaches to the management of these rare clinical scenarios. Cureus 2016-12-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5268376/ /pubmed/28133582 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.944 Text en Copyright © 2016, Saqib et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Pathology Saqib, Amina Ibrahim, Uroosa Maroun, Rabih Primary Pulmonary Lymphoma and Synchronous Cecal Adenocarcinoma: A Rare Occurrence |
title | Primary Pulmonary Lymphoma and Synchronous Cecal Adenocarcinoma: A Rare Occurrence |
title_full | Primary Pulmonary Lymphoma and Synchronous Cecal Adenocarcinoma: A Rare Occurrence |
title_fullStr | Primary Pulmonary Lymphoma and Synchronous Cecal Adenocarcinoma: A Rare Occurrence |
title_full_unstemmed | Primary Pulmonary Lymphoma and Synchronous Cecal Adenocarcinoma: A Rare Occurrence |
title_short | Primary Pulmonary Lymphoma and Synchronous Cecal Adenocarcinoma: A Rare Occurrence |
title_sort | primary pulmonary lymphoma and synchronous cecal adenocarcinoma: a rare occurrence |
topic | Pathology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5268376/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28133582 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.944 |
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