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Case reports

Sequential right upper sleeve lobectomy and left pneumonectomy for bilateral synchronous lung cancer

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Teaching and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
^b Department of Chest Diseases, Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Teaching and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
^c Department of Thoracic Surgery, Bilim University, Faculty of Medicine, Gayrettepe, 34394, Istanbul, Turkey

Received 5 October 2008; received in revised form 8 December 2008; accepted 18 December 2008.

^_* Corresponding author. Tel.: +90 5322660234; fax: +90 2122313956. (Email: semihh{at}atlas.net.tr).

Bilateral pulmonary resections can be performed in patients with synchronous non-small cell lung cancers. However, pneumonectomy and lobectomy in the same patient is still an arguable approach. We report a successful sequential right upper sleeve lobectomy and left pneumonectomy performed in a 47-year-old male patient who had bilateral synchronous primary lung cancer.

Key Words: Lung cancer • Synchronous lung cancer • Pneumonectomy • Lobectomy