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Characterization of adenocarcinoma of the lung in a familial adenomatous polyposis patient.
Pathology international - 1 Nov 2008
Shinmura Kazuya, Suzuki Masaya, Yamada Hidetaka, Tao Hong, Goto Masanori, Kamo Takaharu, Nagura Kiyoko, Kageyama Shinji, Kato Motohiro, Ogawa Seishi, Maekawa Masato, Takamochi Kazuya, Suzuki Kazuya, Nakamura Toshio, Sugimura Haruhiko
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of several extracolonic tumors, such as duodenal carcinoma, is higher in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) patients than in the general population, but there is little information about lung carcinoma in FAP. A 43-year-old woman presented with a lung tumor 17 years after total colectomy for FAP. Pathohistological analysis of the lung tumor demonstrated mixed adenocarcinoma consisting of a...
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