Case report: Primary pleural squamous cell carcinoma in a 68-year-old male

Chuan Zhong; Haining Zhou; Ramón Rami-Porta; Yunfei Zhao

doi:10.3389/fsurg.2022.953989

Case report: Primary pleural squamous cell carcinoma in a 68-year-old male

Front Surg. 2022 Sep 2:9:953989. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.953989. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Chuan Zhong¹, Haining Zhou¹, Ramón Rami-Porta², Yunfei Zhao³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Suining Central Hospital, Suining, China.
² Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Universitari Mútua Terrassa, University of Barcelona, Terrassa, Spain.
³ Department of Pathology, Suining Central Hospital, Suining, China.

Abstract

Introduction: Primary pleural squamous cell carcinoma (PPSCC) is a sporadic disease that is rarely reported in the literature. Due to its low incidence, the pathogenesis of PPSCC is unknown.

Case summary: We report a case of a 68-year-old male with PPSCC and sizable pulmonary bullae. Two months after complete resection of both lesions, a total dose of 50 Gy radiotherapy was administered over the operative field. After more than a year of follow-up, the patient is in steady condition without any sign of recurrence.

Conclusion: Since PPSCC is rarely reported, our case proposed that complete surgical resection combined with radiotherapy may be a promising therapeutic approach.

Keywords: a promising therapeutic approach; primary pleural squamous cell carcinoma; pulmonary bullae; radiotherapy; surgical resection.

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Case Reports