title: [Empyema caused by perforation of metastatic colon cancer: a case report].
abstract: The patient was a 51-year-old female, underwent total gastrectomy for gastric cancer 6 years ago. She was admitted to a local hospital with the complaint of fever, the chest X-ray showed niveau in the left pleural cavity. Fecal material flowed out by drainage. Barium enema showed fistula of diaphragma from transverse colon. She was transferred to our hospital. Partial transverse colon resection and removal of the diaphragma fistula were performed. The colon tumor was histologically determined to be metastasis from gastric cancer with thoracic empyema.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishiwa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maehara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morohoshi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akaike
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Amano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Honda
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery