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      Simultaneous Esophageal and Gastric Metastases from Lung Cancer

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          We report of a patient with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and stomach from lung cancer. The patient was a 68-year-old man receiving radiotherapy and chemotherapy for stage IV lung cancer, without metastases to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract at the time of the initial diagnosis. During the treatment period, dysphagia and melena newly developed. Upper GI endoscopy revealed geographic erosion at the distal esophagus and multiple volcano-shaped ulcers on the stomach body. Endoscopic biopsy was performed for each lesion. To determine whether the lesions were primary esophageal and gastric cancer masses or metastases from the lung cancer, histopathological testing including immunohistochemical staining was performed, and metastasis from lung cancer was confirmed. The disease progressed despite chemotherapy, and the patient died 5 months after the diagnosis of lung cancer. This is a case report of metastatic adenocarcinoma in the esophagus and stomach, which are very rare sites of spread for lung cancer.

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          Metastatic tumors to the stomach: analysis of 54 patients diagnosed at endoscopy and 347 autopsy cases.

          H. Yamaguchi, H. Ono, T Yamao … (2001)
          There have been several published reports on metastatic lesions in the stomach, but the numbers of cases have been limited due to the low frequency of the condition. The present study examined the clinicopathological features of metastatic tumors in the stomach from distant sites in a large series of cases. A total of 389 patients with gastric metastases from solid malignant tumors were examined between 1968 and 1998 at our institution. Of these, 347 were identified from a series of 6380 autopsy cases; 54 patients were diagnosed endoscopically while alive, 12 of whom had confirmation of the condition at autopsy. In the endoscopically diagnosed cases, the metastases presented as solitary (65%) or multiple lesions (35 %), and were more frequently located in the middle or upper third of the stomach. Although the endoscopic appearance often resembled that of submucosal tumor (51%) or primary gastric cancer (39%), the final diagnosis was easily obtained in over 90% of cases from endoscopic biopsies. In two cases of lung cancer and breast cancer, gastric metastases were found before the primary tumors. In the autopsy cases with solid malignancies, metastatic lesions to the stomach were found in 5.4%, and the lung, breast, and esophagus were common primary sites. Malignant melanoma was the most frequent tumor to metastasize to the stomach (29.6%). Since metastatic lesions to the stomach are rare, the above characteristics of the lesions should be borne in mind, and biopsies should be taken for precise diagnosis during endoscopic examinations.
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            Gastro-intestinal metastasis of primary lung carcinoma: clinical presentations and outcome.

            Inn-Wen Chong, Chih-Jen Yang, Chau-Chyun Sheu … (2006)
            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.
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              Small bowel metastases from primary carcinoma of the lung.

              Lawrence D. Wagman, Elizabeth McNeill, J Neifeld (1987)
              Although about half of all patients with carcinoma of the lung have metastases at initial presentation, only nine with metastases to the small bowel have been previously reported. This study was performed to determine the incidence of occult and clinically apparent metastases of lung cancer to the small intestine. Small bowel metastases were present in 46 of 431 patients with primary lung cancer who underwent autopsy during an 11-year period. These patients had an average of 4.8 metastatic sites. Small bowel metastases were present in 12 of 31 (39.0%) patients with large cell carcinoma, 13 of 108 (12.3%) with adenocarcinoma, six of 73 (8.0%) with small cell carcinoma, 15 of 199 (7.5%) with squamous cell carcinoma, and none of 20 with undifferentiated carcinoma. During the same interval, six of 78 patients undergoing small bowel resection for metastatic tumor had lung cancer primaries. Among the nine previously reported clinical cases of small bowel metastases and the six in this series, 14 were operated upon for small bowel perforation and one for obstruction. Nine patients died perioperatively, and no patient survived longer than 16 weeks. These data demonstrate that the incidence of lung cancer metastases to the small bowel is higher than is clinically apparent. Lung cancer metastases to the small bowel often present as intestinal perforation and indicate a poor prognosis; surgery is indicated for palliation.
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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Clin Endosc
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Clin Endosc
                Journal ID (publisher-id): CE
                Title: Clinical Endoscopy
                Publisher: The Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
                ISSN (Print): 2234-2400
                ISSN (Electronic): 2234-2443
                Publication date (Print): July 2015
                Publication date (Electronic): 24 July 2015
                Volume: 48
                Issue: 4
                Pages: 332-335
                Affiliations
                Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
                Author notes
                Correspondence: Jong Pil Im. Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Korea. Tel: +82-2-2072-0638, Fax: +82-2-762-9662, jpim0911@ 123456snu.ac.kr
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                DOI: 10.5946/ce.2015.48.4.332
                PMC ID: 4522427
                PubMed ID: 26240809
                SO-VID: ffdb5c06-3604-46cb-bd17-3ba334bccb82
                Copyright © Copyright © 2015 Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
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                This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

                History
                Date received : 18 August 2014
                Date revision received : 10 September 2014
                Date accepted : 26 September 2014
                Categories
                Subject: Case Report

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Radiology & Imaging
                Keywords: lung neoplasms,stomach neoplasms,esophageal neoplasms
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Radiology & Imaging
                Keywords: lung neoplasms, stomach neoplasms, esophageal neoplasms

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