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Thoracoscopic Extended Right Middle Plus Lower Sleeve Lobectomy for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Published on: February 27, 2026
Multiple primary bronchogenic carcinomas
X Yang1, H Ji, L Paljarvi
1KUOPIO UNIV HOSP,DEPT CLIN PATHOL,FIN-70210 KUOPIO,FINLAND. KUOPIO UNIV HOSP,DEPT GYNECOL,FIN-70210 KUOPIO,FINLAND.
Abstract:
Multiple primary bronchogenic carcinomas (MPBCa) are extremely rare. The differentiation of a MPBCa from a pulmonary metastasis due to an extrathoracic neoplasm is sometimes difficult. We reviewed 324 pathologically proved primary pulmonary carcinomas and found six cases of MPBCa (1.9%). We herewith present the series and discuss the diagnosis of MPBCa.
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