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Abstract
Case Report
Late recurrence of endometrial cancer in the lung mimicking nontuberculous mycobacteriosis
Shingo Miyamotoa Yoshiaki Furuhatab Noriko Hiyamab Misao Ishikawac Toshio Kumasakac Tamiko Takemurac
aDepartment of Oncology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center
bDepartment of Chest Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center
cDepartment of Pathology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center
ABSTRACT
A 72-year-old female was diagnosed with endometrial adenocarcinoma of the uterus and treated with surgery, followed by adjuvant external beam radiation therapy to the whole pelvis in 1999. She was referred in 2009 because a nodular shadow had been found on chest X-ray films. Nontuberculous mycobacteriosis or malignant carcinoma was suspected, but examinations by thoracoscopy yielded no definitive diagnosis, so a pulmonary resection was performed. After remaining free of any recurrent or metastatic disease for 10 years, she was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer and successfully treated with pulmonary resection and chemotherapy. Although most recurrences of endometrial cancer occur within the first 3 years of hysterectomy, with some reports we report this rare case, which recurred 10 years after initial treatment.
KEYWORDS
Endometrial cancer Late recurrence Metastatic lung cancer
Received 21 Oct 2011 ／ Accepted 20 Dec 2011
AJRS, 1(3): 273-277, 2012
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