Abstract
Background. It is considered that the number of patients with synchronous and metachronous lung double cancer is increasing along with an increase in the incidence of lung cancer and a advances in diagnosis and treatment. Case. The patient was a 58-year-old man. In 1995, he underwent right upper lobectomy and lymph node dissection for adenocarcinoma(stage Ib) at the right lung apex. In May 2005, he visited our hospital complaining of left blepharophimosis and lacrimation. Chest X-ray and CT films showed a mass shadow at the left lung apex, and he was admitted for detailed examinations. Based on findings of examinations such as bronchoscopy, a diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma, stage IIIb was made. Conclusion. We report this patient with metachronous lung double cancer that developed after a 10-year cancer-free period from the first diagnosis of cancer.
