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Small bowel perforation secondary to metastatic carcinoma of the lung
Author(s) -
Winchester David P.,
Merrill Jonathan R.,
Victor Thomas A.,
Scanlon Edward F.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197707)40:1<410::aid-cncr2820400159>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - medicine , adenocarcinoma , perforation , lung , complication , radiation therapy , metastasis , surgery , carcinoma , lung cancer , metastatic carcinoma , radiology , cancer , general surgery , oncology , materials science , punching , metallurgy
This is a report of small bowel perforation secondary to a metastasis from a primary adenocarcinoma of lung in a 62‐year‐old woman five months after resection of the primary tumor. She had received radiation therapy and corticosteroids after surgery. Features of this and five previously reported cases are discussed. Modern therapy may alter the course of pulmonary cancer resulting in more frequent observation of this rare complication. Cancer 40:410–415, 1977.