Colonic Metastasis From a Primary Adenocarcinoma of the Lung Presenting with Acute Abdominal Pain: A Case Report

Colonic Metastasis From a Primary Adenocarcinoma of the Lung Presenting with Acute Abdominal Pain: A Case Report

Colonic metastasis from lung cancer is rare and generally asymptomatic. Here, we report a case with lung adenocarcinoma that presented with acute abdominal pain due to intestinal obstruction caused by the metastatic colon tumor. The patient underwent emergency colonoscopy and the pathologic report w...

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Main Authors: Ming-Wei Weng, Hong-Chung Wang, Jen-Chih Chiou, Shong-Ling Lin, Ruay-Sheng Lai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Subjects:
colonic metastasis
immunohistochemistry
lung adenocarcinoma
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X10700073

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