Combined epithelioid trophoblastic tumor and contralateral synchronous adenocarcinoma of the lungs in a 69-year-old man

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Dec:60 Suppl 2:e22-4. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1322613. Epub 2012 Nov 24.

Abstract

An epithelioid trophoblastic tumor (ETT) is a form of gestational trophoblastic neoplasms that arise from trophoblasts. The tumor generally occurs in women of reproductive age and has a characteristic growth pattern and immunohistochemical profile. We present an extremely rare case of a primary ETT occurring in the lungs with an adenocarcinoma in the contralateral lung as synchronous double primary lung cancers in a 69-year-old man who had no history of a remote malignancy. He underwent adjuvant radiotherapy to both lungs after a staged thoracoscopic wedge resection and was doing well without recurrence or metastasis up to last follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma / radiotherapy
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery*
  • Aged
  • Epithelioid Cells / metabolism
  • Epithelioid Cells / pathology
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / radiotherapy
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery*
  • Postoperative Care
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Thoracoscopy
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Trophoblastic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Trophoblastic Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Trophoblastic Neoplasms / surgery*