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- Impact Factor: 1.995**
- H-Index: 8
- ISSN: 2474-1647
- DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647
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- Transplant Surgery
- Surgical Oncology
- Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Ophthalmic Surgery
- Robotic Surgery
- Emergency Surgery
- Obstetrics Surgery
Abstract
Citation: Clin Surg. 2018;3(1):2212.Case Report | Open Access
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.
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