Lung cancer and Warthin’s tumor: a case report and review of the literature
Journal Title: Current Thoracic Surgery - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Warthin’s tumor (WT) is a salivary gland neoplasm, which is also called as papillary cyst adenoma lymphomatosis. Herein, we present an uncommon coexistence of WT in an 80-year-old patient with PET/CT positive cervical lymph nodes, during the diagnostic workup of a pulmonary mass lesion. Histopathologic diagnosis of the lymph node was reported as Warthin tumor and transthoracic biopsy of the mass as non-small cell lung carcinoma. We want to emphasize that it would be essential to identify patients with WT as an association with lung cancer was suggested in the recent literature.
Authors and Affiliations
Ekin Zorlu, Pınar Atasoy, Nesimi Günal, Koray Dural, Berkant Özpolat
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- DOI 10.26663/cts.2018.0004
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