title: Prolonged survival in a patient with recurrent pulmonary metastases secondary to mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix with pseudomyxomatous peritonei.
abstract: We report a 65-year-old man presenting with recurrent pulmonary metastases 20 years after an appendectomy for mucinous cystadenocarcinoma with pseudomyxomatous peritonei. He underwent bilateral staged metastatectomies for metastases 7 years after the diagnosis and further metastasectomy after a recent recurrence. This is a rare case of recurrent pulmonary metastatic mucinous cystadenocarcinoma, and despite poor prognosis and nondefinitive initial treatment, this patient remains alive and well 20 years later.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guys Hospital, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom. iftee@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Aftab A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Jeymi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tambiah
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cane
authors.forename: Loic
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lang-Lazdunski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001062:Appendectomy; D001063:Appendiceal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018282:Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D011553:Pseudomyxoma Peritonei / Q000601:surgery; D017741:Survivors