Combined Epithelioid Trophoblastic Tumor and Contralateral Synchronous Adenocarcinoma of the Lungs in a 69-Year-Old Man

Abstract

An epithelioid trophoblastic tumor (ETT) is a form of gestational trophoblastic neoplasms that arise from trophoblasts. The tumor generally occurs in women of reproductive age and has a characteristic growth pattern and immunohistochemical profile. We present an extremely rare case of a primary ETT occurring in the lungs with an adenocarcinoma in the contralateral lung as synchronous double primary lung cancers in a 69-year-old man who had no history of a remote malignancy. He underwent adjuvant radiotherapy to both lungs after a staged thoracoscopic wedge resection and was doing well without recurrence or metastasis up to last follow-up.

Keywords

histology - lung cancer treatment - epithelioid trophoblastic tumor - adenocarcinoma

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