title: [Lung tumor with ileal metastasis, causing acute abdomen].
abstract: The article reports the case of a 47-year-old male patient, for whom an emergency admission was necessary for acute abdomen symptoms of unknown origin. A few weeks earlier the man underwent an elective operation for an upper quadrant tumor in the right lung. Laparotomy found a perforated ileal tumor in the background of the peritonitis and acute abdomen, bowel resection was performed. The histology revealed a pleomorphic sarcomatous carcinoma metastasis to the ileum, with histological proof of the perforation. After the postoperative recovery lung carcinoma therapy protocol was followed in a specialized chest center. Frequency and symptomatology of ileal metastases are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Bugyi István Kórház Szentes, Sebészeti Osztály Szentes, Sima F. u. 44-58. 6600. pappzoltandr@index.hu
authors.forename: Zoltán
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Papp
authors.forename: Gyula
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Takács
authors.forename: István
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Petri
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D007813:Laparotomy; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011013:Pneumonectomy