title: Gastric metastasis of lung cancer mimicking an adrenal tumor.
abstract: Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths worldwide. Metastatic spreads of lung cancer are often found in the adrenal glands, bone, liver, brain and kidneys; the gastrointestinal tract is less commonly involved. However, according to some reports in the literature, the incidence of gastrointestinal metastases, most of them asymptomatic, might be as frequent as 11% in autopsy studies of lung cancer, which suggests that this condition is not as rare as it was previously considered. We report a very rare case of small cell lung cancer with a solitary gastric metastasis mimicking an adrenal tumor which was belatedly diagnosed due to its unusual presentation and treated actively with surgery and chemotherapy, achieving a relatively favorable outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Department of Internal Medicine, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Tsung I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.affiliation: Division of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Kuang-En
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Department of Internal Medicine, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yenn Hwei
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.affiliation: Division of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Kuo-Ching
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Yang
keywords: Gastric metastasis; Lung cancer; Retroperitoneal tumor
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