Gastrointestinal metastasis from primary sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung: a case report and review of the literature

Chun-Hsien Chen; Wei-Ming Chen; Shui-Yi Tung; Cheng-Shyong Wu; Wei-Lin Tong; Kam-Fai Lee; Kuo-Liang Wei

doi:10.1186/s12957-015-0599-1

Gastrointestinal metastasis from primary sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung: a case report and review of the literature

World J Surg Oncol. 2015 May 8:13:174. doi: 10.1186/s12957-015-0599-1.

Authors

Chun-Hsien Chen^{1

2}, Wei-Ming Chen^{3

4

5}, Shui-Yi Tung^{6

7}, Cheng-Shyong Wu^{8

9}, Wei-Lin Tong¹⁰, Kam-Fai Lee¹¹, Kuo-Liang Wei^{12

13}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 6 Section West, Chia-Po Road, Putz City, Chia-Yi, 613, Taiwan. richardc277@cgmh.org.tw.
² Current address: Chun-Hsien Chen, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 6 Section West, Chia-Po Road, Putz City, Chia-Yi, 613, Taiwan. richardc277@cgmh.org.tw.
³ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 6 Section West, Chia-Po Road, Putz City, Chia-Yi, 613, Taiwan. 8902030@cgmh.org.tw.
⁴ Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. 8902030@cgmh.org.tw.
⁵ College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. 8902030@cgmh.org.tw.
⁶ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 6 Section West, Chia-Po Road, Putz City, Chia-Yi, 613, Taiwan. ma1898@cgmh.org.tw.
⁷ College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. ma1898@cgmh.org.tw.
⁸ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 6 Section West, Chia-Po Road, Putz City, Chia-Yi, 613, Taiwan. minjyun@cgmh.org.tw.
⁹ College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. minjyun@cgmh.org.tw.
¹⁰ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 6 Section West, Chia-Po Road, Putz City, Chia-Yi, 613, Taiwan. bvdbestgo@cgmh.org.tw.
¹¹ Department of Anatomic Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 6 Section West, Chia-Po Road, Putz City, Chia-Yi, 613, Taiwan. lkf2002@cgmh.org.tw.
¹² Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 6 Section West, Chia-Po Road, Putz City, Chia-Yi, 613, Taiwan. wkliang@cgmh.org.tw.
¹³ College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. wkliang@cgmh.org.tw.

Abstract

Gastrointestinal metastases in lung cancer are extremely rare. The report presents a rare case of primary lung sarcomatoid carcinoma with both gastric and colonic metastases, and reviews the literature about endoscopic presentation of colonic metastases.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Carcinosarcoma / pathology*
Carcinosarcoma / surgery
Female
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / secondary*
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / surgery
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
Lung Neoplasms / surgery
Middle Aged
Prognosis