Jejunal perforation secondary to metastatic bronchogenic carcinoma.
A case of peritonitis secondary to the perforation of a bronchogenic small bowel metastasis is reported. To our knowledge this is only the fourth case in which peritonitis was the presenting feature of a squamous cell carcinoma of the bronchus. The publications to date are reviewed and the need to biopsy every small bowel perforation found at laparotomy is stressed.
D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D008297:Male