title: [A resected case of metastatic lung cancer after curative operation in appendiceal cancer].
abstract: A rare intense of a metastatic lung cancer after an operation for a primary appendiceal cancer is reported. A 51-year-old woman was admitted to Yamato Municipal Hospital due to a right lower abdominal pain. Subsequently, a curative right hemicolectomy was performed for a primary appendiceal cancer. Two and a half years later, a chest X-ray and a CT scan revealed a solitary coin lesion in the right lower lung, and she was readmitted to our hospital where a percutaneous needle aspiration of a portion of this lesion was carried out. A cytological examination of this specimen led to a diagnosis of a mucinous adenocarcinoma, with a suspected appendiceal cancer metastasis. Thus, a wedge resection of the right lower lobe was performed. A year and a half later, the patient is still alive and shows no signs of a recurrence. In addition to discussing this case, autopsied cases of appendiceal cancer in literature are also reviewed.
authors.affiliation: 1st Dept. of Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center Hospital.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morohoshi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aoyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeshita
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed