Gastric perforation due to metastasis from adenocarcinoma of the lung

Anticancer Res. 2002 Mar-Apr;22(2B):1209-12.

Abstract

We report a rare case of the development of gastric perforation at the site of metastasis from adenocarcinoma of the lung during systemic chemotherapy. We speculated that the chemotherapy-induced necrosis of the metastatic tumor might have led to the gastric perforation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of chemotherapy-induced gastric perforation as a complication of lung cancer treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / complications
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / complications
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Stomach Neoplasms / complications
  • Stomach Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Stomach Rupture / etiology*