Acute Perforated Appendicitis from Metastatic Small Cell Lung Cancer

Dimitrios Keramidaris, Christianna Oikonomou, Kyriaki Theodorolea, Tahira Mohamed, Andreas Karameris and Stavros Gourgiotis

Department of Surgery, 417 NIMTS Veterans’ Fund Hospital of Athens, Greece
Department of Surgery, Addenbrooke’s Cambridge University Hospitals, UK
Department of Pathology, 417 NIMTS Veterans’ Fund Hospital of Athens, Greece

^*Correspondance to: Stavros Gourgiotis 

 PDF  Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.2212

Abstract

Appendiceal metastasis from lung cancer is a rare entity. However, sometimes could be the cause of acute appendicitis. We here in report a case of appendiceal metastasis from small cell lung cancer caused acute perforated appendicitis. A 68-year-old male, with a history of small cell lung cancer who completed chemotherapy course few weeks ago submitted with symptoms of acute perforated appendicitis. Histology examination indicated that metastasis of lung carcinoma to appendix was present.

Keywords

Appendix; Small cell lung cancer; Metastasis; Laparoscopic appendectomy

Cite the article

Keramidaris D, Oikonomou C, Theodorolea K, Mohamed T, Karameris A, Gourgiotis S. Acute Perforated Appendicitis from Metastatic Small Cell Lung Cancer. Clin Surg. 2018; 3: 2212.