title: Lung cancer and peritoneal carcinomatosis.
abstract: Lung cancer is currently one of the most common malignancies in the world and peritoneal involvement is rare in these types of tumors. Clinical manifestations of these metastases are also uncommon and include intestinal perforation and obstruction. The present study reviewed certain aspects of the complication of peritoneal involvement and illustrated it with four cases of patients that were diagnosed with primary lung carcinoma and secondary peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC). The outcome of these patients is poor and they rarely respond to chemotherapy. Surgery is successful in the majority of cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Infanta Sofía University Hospital, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid 28708, Spain.
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sereno
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Esteban
authors.forename: César
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gómez-Raposo
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Merino
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: López-Gómez
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zambrana
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Casado
keywords: intestinal perforation; lung cancer; peritoneal carcinomatosis