Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed due to Duodenal Metastases of Lung Adenocarcinoma: Report of Two Cases and Review of Literature.

Autor: Kosasih S; Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The National University of Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Muhammad Nawawi KN; Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The National University of Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Wong Z; Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The National University of Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Chia Hsin DC; Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The National University of Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Ban AY; Respiratory Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The National University of Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Raja Ali RA; Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The National University of Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Case reports in medicine [Case Rep Med] 2019 Oct 20; Vol. 2019, pp. 3437056. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Oct 20 (Print Publication: 2019).
DOI: 10.1155/2019/3437056
Abstrakt: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding as a result of gastrointestinal metastases from lung cancer is extremely rare. We report two cases of patients with duodenal metastases from lung adenocarcinoma presented with recurrent melena. Histopathological examination and immunohistochemical staining of the duodenal biopsies supported the diagnosis of metastatic lung adenocarcinoma.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
(Copyright © 2019 Sumitro Kosasih et al.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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