[Multiple primary tumors of the lung (autopsy reports)]

Primary multiple malignancies were identified in 67 cases (3.55%) as a result of evaluation of 2,000 autopsy reports on deaths from lung cancer filed in Petrozavodsk and St. Petersburg. Eighty eight cases of primary multiple malignancies of the lung are discussed. A second tumor was found to be localized most frequently in the organs of respiration and digestion.