The synchronous double
cancer of the esophagus and
lung is rare. Right lower lobectomy and Ivor Lewis
procedure were performed simultaneously in a 75 year-old
male patient who had synchronous double primary
squamous cell carcinoma of the thoracic
esophagus and right lower lobe of the
lung. Left upper lobectomy was performed in a 69 year-old
male patient who had
squamous cell carcinoma of the left upper lobe of the
lung, and four months later we performed Ivor Lewis
procedure for the
squamous cell carcinoma that occurred in the thoracic
esophagus. The above two
patients were doing well 10 months and 24 months after the operation respectively without
recurrence. We treated the two cases of synchronous double
cancer of the esophagus and
lung with complete resection, and
report this with
review of
literature.