[Abdominal pain during the course of lung cancer].
BACKGROUND
Metastatic involvement of the peritoneum from a lung cancer is infrequently encountered.


METHODS
We present the case report of a patient with bronchial adenocarcinoma whose course is complicated by the occurrence of a peritoneal carcinomatosis, as documented by FDG-PET.


CONCLUSIONS
Unexplained abdominal pain in a lung cancer patient may be a peritoneal carcinomatosis. The diagnosis can be helped by PET-scan. However, the therapeutic opportunities are very limited.
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Service d'Oncologie Médicale, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1, avenue Claude-Vellefaux, 75010 Paris.
Almeida
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Fondronnier
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Michalski
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Gossot
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Savinelli
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Le Maignan
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Misset
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Trédaniel
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*