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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999;15:726-728
© 1999 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

Metachronous pulmonary and oesophageal neoplasia

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Yorkshire Heart Centre, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3EX, UK

Received 5 October 1998; received in revised form 26 January 1999; accepted 10 February 1999.

Corresponding author. Tel.: +44-1132-432-799; fax: +44-1132-926-336.

Primary carcinomas of the lung and oesophagus are common, surgical resection offers the only hope of long-term survival with both conditions. We present the unusual case of a patient who underwent transhiatal oesophagectomy for an adenocarcinoma carcinoma of the oesophagus, 5 years after left pneumonectomy for small cell carcinoma of the lung.

Key Words: Oesophagectomy • Pneumonectomy • Neoplasia