title: Colonic metastases from primary squamous cell carcinoma of the lung.
abstract: Lung cancer is the most common malignancy in the UK. Metastasis to the colon is very rare and only infrequently symptomatic. Here we report a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung which presented with symptoms from a colonic metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, B9 5SS, Birmingham, UK. danderosier@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Rajesh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003082:Colectomy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male