2006 Volume 46 Issue 7 Pages 803-809
Background. Although a multidisciplinary surgical approach to lung cancer involving the superior sulcus might be helpful, no standard recommended treatment has been established. We report a case of surgical resection after curative intent chemoradiation for lung cancer involving the superior sulcus. Case. A 53-year-old man presented in August 2004 with right shoulder pain. He was given a diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer invading the superior sulcus. Because the tumor showed rapid growth during a short pretreatment work-up, he received curative-intent chemoradiation. After that, he underwent salvage surgery for the residual tumor because of the tumor reduced in size. Microscopically, the tumor was composed of only necrosis without viable tumor cells in the resected specimen. He was well and with no evidence of recurrence 15 months after the operation. Conclusion. We reported a case of surgical complete resection after the curative intent chemoradiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer invading the superior sulcus.
