title: Gastric perforation due to metastasis from adenocarcinoma of the lung.
abstract: We report a rare case of the development of gastric perforation at the site of metastasis from adenocarcinoma of the lung during systemic chemotherapy. We speculated that the chemotherapy-induced necrosis of the metastatic tumor might have led to the gastric perforation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of chemotherapy-induced gastric perforation as a complication of lung cancer treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine II, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suzaki
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hiraki
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ueoka
authors.forename: Motoi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aoe
authors.forename: Nagio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takigawa
authors.forename: Taizo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kishino
authors.forename: Katsuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kiura
authors.forename: Arihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kanehiro
authors.forename: Mitsune
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanimoto
authors.forename: Mine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harada
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D013275:Stomach Rupture / Q000209:etiology*