[Lung tumor with ileal metastasis, causing acute abdomen].

Abstract

The article reports the case of a 47-year-old male patient, for whom an emergency admission was necessary for acute abdomen symptoms of unknown origin. A few weeks earlier the man underwent an elective operation for an upper quadrant tumor in the right lung. Laparotomy found a perforated ileal tumor in the background of the peritonitis and acute abdomen, bowel resection was performed. The histology revealed a pleomorphic sarcomatous carcinoma metastasis to the ileum, with histological proof of the perforation. After the postoperative recovery lung carcinoma therapy protocol was followed in a specialized chest center. Frequency and symptomatology of ileal metastases are discussed.

• Authors: Zoltán Papp, Gyula Takács, István Petri
• Journal: Orvosi hetilap (Orv Hetil) Vol. 150 Issue 4 Pg. 171-3 (Jan 25 2009) ISSN: 0030-6002 [Print] Hungary
• Vernacular Title: Tüdôtumor, akut hasi tüneteket okozó vékonybél-metasztázis.
• PMID: 19144602 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Abdomen, Acute (etiology, surgery)
• Humans
• Ileal Neoplasms (complications, secondary, surgery)
• Laparotomy
• Lung Neoplasms (pathology, surgery)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Pneumonectomy