Clinical images. Gastric perforation caused by metastatic lung carcinoma.
A case of gastric perforation caused by metastases of small-cell lung carcinoma in an 85-year-old man is reported. This complication revealed the neoplasm. Biopsy should always be done in patients with gastric perforations, even if there is no palpable tumor. Minimal surgery is warranted because this event occurs often in patients with advanced disease and poor prognosis.
Facy
Olivier
O
Department of Digestive, Thoracic, and Oncologic Surgery, University Hospital of Dijon, Dijon, France. olivierfacy@yahoo.fr
Radais
François
F
Billard
Ludovic
L
Chalumeau
Claire
C
Fernoux
Philippe
P
Bizollon
Marie-Hélène
MH
Ortega-Deballon
Pablo
P
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D055752:Small Cell Lung Carcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary*; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary*