Squamous cell lung carcinoma presenting as melena: a case report and review of the literature
| Autor: | Syed Mehdi, Efstratios Koutroumpakis, Ibrahim Azar, Raina Patel |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Histology Autopsy Case Report Asymptomatic lcsh:RC254-282 Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Metastasis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Melena medicine Lung cancer Lung cancer squamous cell lung carcinoma metastasis to the stomach GI metastasis Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Lung medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Stomach medicine.disease lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens metastasis to the stomach respiratory tract diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology medicine.symptom business GI metastasis squamous cell lung carcinoma |
| Zdroj: | Rare Tumors Rare Tumors, Vol 9, Iss 3 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 2036-3613 2036-3605 |
| Popis: | Lung cancer has a predilection to widely metastasize to the liver, bone, brain and adrenal glands. Metastasis of primary lung tumors to the stomach is infrequent, with only sporadic cases reported. Most cases are asymptomatic and diagnosed post-mortem on autopsy. The incidence of symptomatic gastrointestinal metastases is extremely rare. Herein, we describe a case of gastric metastasis by squamous cell lung carcinoma, presenting as melena and diagnosed by esophagogastroduodenoscopy. To the best of our knowledge, only twenty other cases in the English literature have reported symptomatic gastric metastasis of lung cancer diagnosed by endoscopic biopsy. A brief review of the literature shows gastric metastasis of lung cancer to have a predilection to occur most frequently in male smokers with the most common type of tumor likely to be squamous cell carcinoma. |
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