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[Surgical treatment for small bowel metastasis of pleomorphic carcinoma 6 months after pulmonary resection].

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital, Ashikaga, Japan.
Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery 07/2012; 65(7):566-9. pp.566-9
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT The prognosis of patients with distant metastases of pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma is poor. We report a case of pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma patient who underwent surgical resection of small bowel metastasis. A 69-year-old man developed anemia secondary to melena 6 months after right upper lobectomy for pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma and small bowel metastasis was detected endoscopically. He underwent laparoscopic ileocecal resection and has survived for 2 years after lung cancer resection without any other recurrence or metastasis.

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Keywords

2 years
 
69-year-old man
 
distant metastases
 
laparoscopic ileocecal resection
 
lung cancer resection
 
melena 6 months
 
prognosis
 
pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma
 
pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma patient
 
small bowel metastasis
 
upper lobectomy
 

Takahiko Oyama