Diagnosis of metachronous multiple lung adenocarcinoma at the cut-end by epidermal growth factor receptor mutation status discordance 4 years after sublobar resection for adenocarcinoma in situ: report of a case.

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We report a case of metachronous multiple lung adenocarcinoma at the cut-end, diagnosed 4 years after sublobar resection for adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS), on the basis of discordance of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status between the first and second tumor. The patient was an 81-year-old Japanese man, whose chest computer tomography (CT) scan showed mixed ground-glass opacity in the right...

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