Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 29, Issue 4 226-228, Copyright © 1999 by Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research
T Yamada, K Shinohara, K Takeda, N Kameda, K Katsuki, K Ariyoshi and T Kamei
We report a rare complication of a secondary malignant solid tumor in two
patients with non-Hodgkin's malignant lymphoma who developed lung
adenocarcinoma after treatments with combination chemotherapies. The first
was a case of primary malignant lymphoma of the cervical spinal cord which
had been previously treated with radiation to the spinal lesion and
combination chemotherapies and entered complete remission. The patient was
further treated for relapse with autologous bone marrow transplantation
preconditioned with high-dose chemotherapy. Lung adenocarcinoma developed
5.5 years after the initial diagnosis. The second case of malignant
lymphoma of lymph nodes did not respond to conventional combination
chemotherapies and did not enter remission. Lung adenocarcinoma developed 1
year after the initial diagnosis. The two patients died of lung carcinoma.
The clinical profiles of these cases are presented and the causal
relationship of primary malignant neoplasms to the second malignant
neoplasms is discussed.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Second lung adenocarcinoma after combination chemotherapy in two patients with primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Department of Medicine, Yamaguchi Prefecture Central Hospital, Hofu, Japan.
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