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Metastasis from small cell carcinoma of the lung producing acute appendicitis
Author(s) -
GonzalezVela Maria Carmen,
GarcíaVattuille Ana Isabel,
Fernández Fidel Angel,
ValBernal José Fernando
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
pathology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1827
pISSN - 1320-5463
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1996.tb03601.x
Subject(s) - medicine , differential diagnosis , bronchogenic carcinoma , perforation , appendicitis , lung , carcinoma , acute appendicitis , metastasis , pathology , abdominal pain , small cell carcinoma , radiology , general surgery , cancer , materials science , punching , metallurgy
A case of acute gangrenous appendicitis with perforation caused by metastatie small cell carcinoma of the lung in a 65 year old man is reported. The manifestation of appendicitis occurred more than 4 years after the diagnosis of the bron‐chogenic carcinoma. With longer survival of patients with disseminated tumors it is probable that new manifestations of those malignancies will be discovered. Acute appendicitis due to metastasis from a distant neoplasm should be considered in the differential diagnosis of right lower abdominal pain in the oncology patient.