Two Young Adult Resected Cases of Lung Cancer

Abstract

Bronchoscopy performed in a 34-year-old male who had been followed up for pneumonia and atelectasis, revealed a tumor occluding the right upper bronchus 15 months after onset of the disease, and the histological diagnosis was typical carcinoid tumor. Right upper lobectomy and lymph node dissection were performed. No lymph node metastasis was recognized and no recurrence has been observed for 13 months. The second patient was a 24-year-old female who had an abnormal shadow on a survey chest X-ray. Chest CT revealed a mass in left S¹⁺², and the histological diagnosis ofadenocarcinoma was obtained a open lung biopsy. Left upper lobectomy and lymph node dissection were performed. No lymph node metastasis was recognized and no recurrence has been observed for 12 months.