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We report a case of suggestive synchronous triple squamous cell carcinoma (Sq) of the lung that occurred in the same lobe. Under a clinical diagnosis of triple lung cancer, lobectomy was performed. Pathological examination revealed two well-differentiated Sq and one poorly differentiated Sq. The analysis of epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase mutations showed no mutation in each tumor. However, pathological findings and the positive rate of immunochemical reaction of p53 and Ki-67 were different in each tumor.
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Okita, R., Shimizu, K., Mimura, T. et al. Suggestive synchronous triple squamous cell carcinoma of the lung in the same lobe. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 58, 427–430 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-009-0476-3
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