Nina D Kosciuszek, Pharlin Noel, Kazuaki Takabe, Eric Seitelman, Rajiv Datta, Ganesh Gunasekaran, Hideo Takahashi
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, with frequent metastases to the brain, liver, adrenal glands, and bone. The incidence of intraluminal small bowel metastases of the lung is extremely rare and poorly documented within the literature. Few case studies have been published since the late 1980s and early 1990s. However, little is known about this rare form of metastasis. Small bowel metastatic disease has atypical symptoms that mimic a variety of other diseases; as a result, signs and symptoms may be overlooked until the disease has progressed to a late stage...
December 2022: World Journal of Oncology