Nakayama Y, Yamaguchi M, Inoue K, Hamaguchi S, Tajima Y. Successful resection of colonic metastasis of lung cancer after colonic stent placement: A case report and review of the literature. World J Gastrointest Surg 2023; 15(7): 1549-1558 [PMID: 37555118 DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v15.i7.1549]
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Yoko Nakayama, MD, PhD, Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Oda Municipal Hospital, 1428-3 Oda-cho Yoshinaga, Oda 694-0063, Shimane, Japan. yoccon716@gmail.com
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Oncology
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Case Report
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Yoko Nakayama, Keisuke Inoue, Department of Surgery, Oda Municipal Hospital, Oda 694-0063, Shimane, Japan
Minekazu Yamaguchi, Shunichi Hamaguchi, Department of General Medicine, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo 693-8501, Japan
Yoshitsugu Tajima, Department of Digestive and General Surgery, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo 693-8501, Japan
Author contributions: Nakayama Y wrote the original draft; Yamaguchi M performed the operation; Hamaguchi S followed up with the patient; Yamaguchi M, Inoue K, and Hamaguchi S contributed to the writing, review, and editing; Tajima Y contributed to the supervision.
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Received: April 4, 2023 Peer-review started: April 4, 2023 First decision: May 12, 2023 Revised: May 22, 2023 Accepted: May 24, 2023 Article in press: May 24, 2023 Published online: July 27, 2023
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Although lung cancer can metastasize to various organs such as the liver, lymph nodes, adrenal gland, bone, and brain, metastases to the digestive organs, especially the colon, are rare.
CASE SUMMARY
An 83-year-old man diagnosed with lung cancer received radiation and chemoimmunotherapy, resulting in a complete clinical response. One year after the initial lung cancer diagnosis, the patient presented with obstructive ileus caused by a tumor in the descending colon. An elective left hemicolectomy was successfully performed after the endoscopic placement of a self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS). Pathologically, the tumor of the descending colon was diagnosed as lung cancer metastasis. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient is in good condition 13 mo after surgery, with no signs of recurrence. The previous 23 cases of surgical resection of colonic metastasis from lung cancer were reviewed using PubMed to characterize their clinicopathological features and outcomes.
CONCLUSION
SEMS is useful for obstructive colonic metastasis as a bridge to surgery to avoid emergency operations.
Core Tip: Gastrointestinal metastases of lung cancer, especially colorectal metastases, are rare. We report a colonic obstruction caused by lung cancer metastasis to the descending colon, which was successfully treated with left hemicolectomy after endoscopic decompression with a self-expandable metallic stent. Although chemotherapy is the mainstay of treatment for gastrointestinal metastases of lung cancer, successful resection of solitary colonic metastases with prolonged survival suggests that surgical intervention may be the treatment of choice for selected patients with colonic metastasis from lung cancer.
