| Small bowel metastasis from primary neuroendocrine small cell lung carcinoma. | |
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PMID: 20380277 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Small bowel metastases from a primary lung carcinoma are rare. We report a case of a 76-year-old male with a primary neuroendocrine small cell carcinoma of the lung, treated by chemotherapy, who developed fever and bowel symptoms (subocclusion and pain). On CT examination, he was found to have a tumour in the small bowel. The patient then underwent abdominal surgery. At operation we found small bowel occlusion by neoplasia and we therefore resected 15 cm of ileum with a side-to-side anastomosis. Early recognition of this rare condition is important due to the fact that complicated intestinal metastases from lung carcinoma can lead to high mortality rates and poor short-term outcomes. With advances in chemotherapy and palliative care, patients with metastatic lung carcinoma can sometimes survive more than a year with a reasonable quality of life. |
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Authors:
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Stefano Scabini; Edoardo Rimini; Emanuele Romairone; Renato Scordamaglia; Maurizio Boggio; Yuri Musizzano; Valter Ferrando |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Chirurgia italiana Volume: 61 ISSN: 0009-4773 ISO Abbreviation: Chir Ital Publication Date: 2009 Sep-Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-04-12 Completed Date: 2010-04-30 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0151753 Medline TA: Chir Ital Country: Italy |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 679-82 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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UO Chirurgia Oncologica e dei Sistemi Impiantabili, AOU San Martino, Genova. |
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Aged Anastomosis, Surgical Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / secondary*, surgery* Carcinoma, Small Cell / secondary*, surgery* Humans Ileal Neoplasms / secondary*, surgery* Laparotomy Lung Neoplasms / pathology* Male Treatment Outcome |
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