Prolonged survival in a patient with recurrent pulmonary metastases secondary to mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix with pseudomyxomatous peritonei.

Abstract

We report a 65-year-old man presenting with recurrent pulmonary metastases 20 years after an appendectomy for mucinous cystadenocarcinoma with pseudomyxomatous peritonei. He underwent bilateral staged metastatectomies for metastases 7 years after the diagnosis and further metastasectomy after a recent recurrence. This is a rare case of recurrent pulmonary metastatic mucinous cystadenocarcinoma, and despite poor prognosis and nondefinitive initial treatment, this patient remains alive and well 20 years later.

• Authors: Aftab A Khan, Jeymi Tambiah, Paul Cane, Loic Lang-Lazdunski
• Journal: The Annals of thoracic surgery (Ann Thorac Surg) Vol. 83 Issue 5 Pg. 1893-4 (May 2007) ISSN: 1552-6259 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 17462430 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Appendectomy
• Appendiceal Neoplasms (pathology, surgery)
• Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous (secondary, surgery)
• Humans
• Lung Neoplasms (secondary, surgery)
• Male
• Neoplasm Recurrence, Local (surgery)
• Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (surgery)
• Survivors