[Resected case of synchronous double cancer of lung and ovarium]

A 45-year-old woman was admitted to our department for a tumor shadow in the right lung on chest rentogenogram and chest CT. Detailed examination led to the diagnosis of simultaneous lung cancer and ovarian cancer. No abnormality was found in the liver. Serum AFP level was 113.8 ng/ml preoperatively, but deceased upper lobectomy of the right lung to 11.4 ng/ml on the 15th day postoperatively. Immunohistochemical study revealed positive staining of carcinoma cells with anti AFP serum.