Gastro-intestinal metastasis of primary lung carcinoma: clinical presentations and outcome

Lung Cancer. 2006 Dec;54(3):319-23. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2006.08.007. Epub 2006 Sep 27.

Abstract

Symptomatic gastro-intestinal (GI) metastasis in lung carcinomas is extremely rare and only a few case reports have been published. Here we review all of the cases of lung cancer from January 2003 to April 2005 in a tertiary teaching hospital in Taiwan. A total of six patients (1.77%, 6/339) with primary lung cancer demonstrated symptomatic gastro-intestinal metastasis. Three patients had squamous cell carcinoma, one had adenocarcinoma, and two had small cell carcinoma. Three patients with gastric metastasis were diagnosed via gastro-endoscopy while one with cecal involvement was diagnosed via colon fiberscopy. Two patients with small bowel perforation and intussusception were diagnosed via laparotomy. We presented these rare cases and made a review of the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma / secondary
  • Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / secondary
  • Laparotomy
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Stomach Neoplasms / secondary
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed