%0 Journal Article
%T A Rare Case of Synchronous Presentation of Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Lung Cancer
%A K. J. Sampath
%A J. Pridvi
%A A. Anil
%A K. Ranjith
%A L. Swati
%A S. Nishant
%J Journal of Cancer Therapy
%P 471-475
%@ 2151-1942
%D 2019
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jct.2019.106039
%X <strong>Background:</strong><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> There are very few publications on synchronous presentation of dual
malignancies in the literature. Occur</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">re</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">nce of second malignancy in a patient with </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">a </span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">known malignant tumor is not uncommon, though
synchronous primary malignancies are unusual. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Case Presentation: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">A 77</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">year</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">old man was diagnosed
elsewhere as squamous cell carcinoma of lung came to our oncology department
for further management. He underwent bone marrow evaluation with the suspicious
of metastasis in view of pancytopenia. On bone marrow evaluation, found to have
prominence of blasts more than 20%, which were CD34 positive and CD117 positive
and. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Conclusion:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Here we describe a</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">n</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> unusual rare combination of synchronous
presentation of acute myeloid leukemia and squamous cell carcinoma of lung.</span>
%K Synchronous Malignancy
%K Lung Cancer
%K Acute Myeloid Leukemia
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=93212