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Gastric Metastasis From Lung Adenocarcinoma: An Uncommon Presentation
Gastric metastasis is an infrequent occurrence, especially when derived from lung adenocarcinomas. They can grossly resemble advanced gastric cancer and require comprehensive evaluations of the patients and their symptoms. Here, we present the case of a 71-year-old patient admitted to our hospital d...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9985826/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36883083 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34587 |
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author | Neves, Ana Mendonça, Inês Marques, José Alberto da Cunha Costa, José Almeida, Jorge S |
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description | Gastric metastasis is an infrequent occurrence, especially when derived from lung adenocarcinomas. They can grossly resemble advanced gastric cancer and require comprehensive evaluations of the patients and their symptoms. Here, we present the case of a 71-year-old patient admitted to our hospital due to intense, cramping abdominal pain. He had been previously diagnosed with a right lower lobe adenocarcinoma of the lung, which was treated in the previous year with chemotherapy and radiotherapy with good clinical response. The abdominal CT scan and the esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed a gastric infiltrating lesion resembling advanced gastric cancer. However, the biopsy showed malignant epithelial neoplasia with features of adenocarcinoma of pulmonary origin. Even though they are an uncommon finding, gastrointestinal metastases may be life-threatening and should be diagnosed as soon as possible, as the advent of molecular studies and new therapies may result in better survival rates. |
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spelling | pubmed-99858262023-03-06 Gastric Metastasis From Lung Adenocarcinoma: An Uncommon Presentation Neves, Ana Mendonça, Inês Marques, José Alberto da Cunha Costa, José Almeida, Jorge S Cureus Internal Medicine Gastric metastasis is an infrequent occurrence, especially when derived from lung adenocarcinomas. They can grossly resemble advanced gastric cancer and require comprehensive evaluations of the patients and their symptoms. Here, we present the case of a 71-year-old patient admitted to our hospital due to intense, cramping abdominal pain. He had been previously diagnosed with a right lower lobe adenocarcinoma of the lung, which was treated in the previous year with chemotherapy and radiotherapy with good clinical response. The abdominal CT scan and the esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed a gastric infiltrating lesion resembling advanced gastric cancer. However, the biopsy showed malignant epithelial neoplasia with features of adenocarcinoma of pulmonary origin. Even though they are an uncommon finding, gastrointestinal metastases may be life-threatening and should be diagnosed as soon as possible, as the advent of molecular studies and new therapies may result in better survival rates. Cureus 2023-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9985826/ /pubmed/36883083 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34587 Text en Copyright © 2023, Neves et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Neves, Ana Mendonça, Inês Marques, José Alberto da Cunha Costa, José Almeida, Jorge S Gastric Metastasis From Lung Adenocarcinoma: An Uncommon Presentation |
title | Gastric Metastasis From Lung Adenocarcinoma: An Uncommon Presentation |
title_full | Gastric Metastasis From Lung Adenocarcinoma: An Uncommon Presentation |
title_fullStr | Gastric Metastasis From Lung Adenocarcinoma: An Uncommon Presentation |
title_full_unstemmed | Gastric Metastasis From Lung Adenocarcinoma: An Uncommon Presentation |
title_short | Gastric Metastasis From Lung Adenocarcinoma: An Uncommon Presentation |
title_sort | gastric metastasis from lung adenocarcinoma: an uncommon presentation |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9985826/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36883083 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34587 |
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