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Thoracoscopic Extended Right Middle Plus Lower Sleeve Lobectomy for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Published on: February 27, 2026
A rare case of synchronous malignant thoracic tumors
Benoit Jacques Bibas1, Marcos Madeira, Rodrigo Gavina
1Hospital Central da Polícia Militar do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. bjbibas@click21.com.br
Abstract:
Malignant neurogenic mediastinal tumors in adults are uncommon and extremely aggressive. We report the case of a 61-year-old male patient with the simultaneous occurrence of malignant mediastinal schwannoma and bronchioloalveolar carcinoma. Although bronchioloalveolar carcinoma is present in 4-7% of the resected synchronous thoracic tumors, this association has never been reported in the literature. However, it is a common finding in patients presenting apparently inflammatory infiltrates and ground-glass opacities, as in the case presented here.
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