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  • Title: Emergency abdominal surgery for small bowel perforation secondary to metastatic lung cancer.
    Author: Yokota T, Yamada Y, Sakata N, Kikuchi S, Kunii Y, Tezuka F, Suzuki H, Yamauchi H.
    Journal: Tohoku J Exp Med; 1999 Jul; 188(3):265-70. PubMed ID: 10587018.
    Abstract:
    Emergency surgery for bowel perforation caused by metastases from lung cancer is rare. Two cases of small bowel perforation due to metastasizing lung cancer are reported. Both patients were admitted as a surgical emergency case. One of the two patients presented herein survived and was discharged from the hospital. Perforated small bowel due to metastatic lung cancer is a highly fatal event that occurs in the late phases of the disease. Despite the poor prognosis, early and appropriate therapy will occasionally yield successful surgical palliation. Patients with known lung cancer who develop abdominal complaints should be examined thoroughly and treated quickly.
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