A case of asbestos-related lung cancer involving a plasterer

We herein report a surgical case of asbestos-related lung cancer involving a plasterer. A 65-year-old man, who had worked as a plasterer for approximately 50 years, with a smoking history, was incidentally diagnosed with a lung neoplasm. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed a nodule with a diameter of 3 cm in the right lower lung and pleural plaques. No other extraplumonary metastatic lesions were present. With a diagnosis of lung cancer after CT-guided percutaneous needle biopsy, we performed right lower lobectomy with lymph node dissection. This nodule was pathologically diagnosed as adenocarcinoma, and found to contain a mass of asbestos bodies. It was pathologically discovered that this tumor was an asbestos-related lung cancer. He has not had any recurrence of the lesions for 7 years after the operation.