[A resected case of metastatic lung cancer after curative operation in appendiceal cancer].
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.
Morohoshi
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1st Dept. of Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center Hospital.
Ishibashi
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M
Koizumi
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H
Aoyama
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N
Kaneko
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T
Noda
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K
Iida
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M
Takeshita
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T
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