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Synchronous growth of triple lung cancer

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The case of a 75-year-old man with three synchronous carcinomas of the lung (large cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, and small cell carcinoma) is reported. This is the eighth well-documented case report in the literature; however, our case is the first to be reported with the newly described histological combination.

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  1. Department of Surgery, National Minamifukuoka Chest Hospital, 4-39-1 Yakatabaru, Minami-ku, 815, Fukuoka, Japan

    Akira Motohiro

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, National Beppu Hospital, 1473 Ohaza-uchikamado, 874, Beppu, Japan

    Tadao Matsumoto

  3. Department of Surgery, National Beppu Hospital, 1473 Ohaza-uchikamado, 874, Beppu, Japan

    Satoshi Ienaga

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Motohiro, A., Matsumoto, T. & Ienaga, S. Synchronous growth of triple lung cancer. Surg Today 25, 1054–1056 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00311693

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