A Case of Duodenal Metastasis from Adenocarcinoma of the Lung.

Yoo, Seung Hyun; Sim, Yun Su; Lee, Jin Hwa; Shim, Ki Nam; Chang, Jung Hyun; Kim, Yoon Kyung; Sung, Sun Hee

doi:2007.63.3.283

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 63(3); 2007 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2007;63(3):283-288.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2007.63.3.283 Published online September 1, 2007.

A Case of Duodenal Metastasis from Adenocarcinoma of the Lung.

Seung Hyun Yoo, Yun Su Sim, Jin Hwa Lee, Ki Nam Shim, Jung Hyun Chang, Yoon Kyung Kim, Sun Hee Sung

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jinhwalee@ewha.ac.kr
²Department of Radiology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of Pathology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

A gastrointestinal metastasis from lung cancer is rare and is quite often found during an autopsy. A 58-year-old man was admitted with left upper back pain and a mass in the left upper lobe on the chest radiograph. The transbronchial lung biopsy revealed an adenocarcinoma of the lung. A gastroduodenoscopy was carried out to evaluate the indigestion and epigastric discomfort. The duodenofibroscopy revealed bulging mucosa on the minor papilla of the duodenum. A metastasis to the duodenum from an adenocarcinoma of the lung was diagnosed by a duodenofibroscopic biopsy of the bulging lesion. We report this rare case of an adenocarcinoma of lung with a metastasis to the duodenum.

Key Words: Lung cancer, Duodenal metastasis, Adenocarcinoma