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Sidika Kurul1, Zuleyha Akgun, Esra Kaytan Saglam
1Istanbul University, School of Medicine, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey.
Introduction:
The occurrence of multiple primary tumors is rare. Only limited number of cases with triple malignancy have been reported. We report here a rare case of a woman presented synchronous triple tumors, in her lung, breast, skin.
Presentation Of Case:
A 56-year-old woman presented with invasive ductal carcinoma of breast, non-small cell lung cancer and malignant melanoma. The patient undergone mastectomy and malignant melanoma tumor excision on-site. After operation stereotactic radiotherapy was given to her lung tumor. Six course of chemotherapy was given to her. She is alive with no progression.
Discussion:
The patient was diagnosed with melanoma and staging by FDG/PET. There is not any study about routine using PET/CT in the melanoma staging.
Conclusion:
This is a very rare synchronous triple tumor case.
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