[A case of squamous cell lung carcinoma with gastric metastasis diagnosed by gastroendoscopic biopsy]

Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi. 2010 Sep;48(9):668-71.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 59-year-old man was referred to our hospital due to of a right pulmonary hilar mass shadow found on a chest X-ray film in October 2008. Bronchoscopy and transbronchial biopsy at that time revealed squamous cell carcinoma. The clinical stage was IIIB (T4N2M0). He was readmitted 2 months later because of appetite loss and severe anemia. An abdominal CT scan showed thickening of the stomach wall. Gastroendoscopy showed a submucosal tumor with central depression in the middle body of the stomach. We histologically confirmed that the gastric lesion was metastasis from the squamous cell lung carcinoma. Here we report a rare case of squamous cell lung carcinoma with gastric metastasis diagnosed by gastroendoscopic biopsy while the patient was alive.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / secondary*
  • Gastroscopy*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / secondary*