{"title":"Surgical Resection for Rare Cases of Lung Cancer in Teenagers.","authors":"Ryusuke Sumiya, Takeshi Matsunaga, Yukio Watanabe, Mariko Fukui, Aritoshi Hattori, Takuo Hayashi, Kazuya Takamochi, Kenji Suzuki","doi":"10.1002/rcr2.70281","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We experienced two cases of lung cancer in teenagers. Case 1 involved a 17-year-old never-smoking girl with no medical history. Chest computed tomography revealed a 9 × 7 mm ground-glass nodule in the left lung. Case 2 involved an 18-year-old man with no smoking history but bilateral pneumothorax. Chest computed tomography showed a 13 × 11 mm ground-glass nodule in the right lung. In both cases, thoracoscopic wedge resection was performed, and the tumours were pathologically diagnosed as adenocarcinoma in situ. There was no evidence of recurrence for 2 years in Case 1, and for 1.5 years in Case 2.</p>","PeriodicalId":45846,"journal":{"name":"Respirology Case Reports","volume":"13 8","pages":"e70281"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12328035/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Respirology Case Reports","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.70281","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/8/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"RESPIRATORY SYSTEM","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We experienced two cases of lung cancer in teenagers. Case 1 involved a 17-year-old never-smoking girl with no medical history. Chest computed tomography revealed a 9 × 7 mm ground-glass nodule in the left lung. Case 2 involved an 18-year-old man with no smoking history but bilateral pneumothorax. Chest computed tomography showed a 13 × 11 mm ground-glass nodule in the right lung. In both cases, thoracoscopic wedge resection was performed, and the tumours were pathologically diagnosed as adenocarcinoma in situ. There was no evidence of recurrence for 2 years in Case 1, and for 1.5 years in Case 2.
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Respirology Case Reports is an open-access online journal dedicated to the publication of original clinical case reports, case series, clinical images and clinical videos in all fields of respiratory medicine. The Journal encourages the international exchange between clinicians and researchers of experiences in diagnosing and treating uncommon diseases or diseases with unusual presentations. All manuscripts are peer-reviewed through a streamlined process that aims at providing a rapid turnaround time from submission to publication.