Endobronchial metastasis from adenocarcinoma of gastric cardia 7 years after potentially curable resection

Table 1 Reported cases of endobronchial metastasis from gastric cancer

Year	Author	Age/Sex	Primary cancer			Endobronchial metastasis
			Histological type	Stage (TNM)	Surgery	Opportunity	Interval	Therapy	Outcome
1999	Park et al[13]	27/F	por, muc, sig	-	None	Dry cough	Synchronous	Chemotherapy	3 mo dead
2000	Scala et al[14]	57/F	por, sig	T4NxMx	TG	Dry cough, dyspnea	Synchronous	No therapy	2 mo dead
2005	Yoshioka et al[15]	76/M	tub2	T2N0M1	DG + Hepatectomy	Medical examination	59 mo	Resection	15 mo alive
2009	Present case	51/F	tub2, tub1	T4N1M0	EG + TPS	Follow CT	85 mo	Resection	33 mo alive

por: Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma; muc; Mucinous carcinoma; sig: Signet-ring cell carcinoma; tub2: Moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma; tub1: Well differentiated adenocarcinoma; TG; Total gastrectomy; DG: Distal gastrectomy; EG: Esophagectomy; TPS: Total gastrectomy with pancreaticosplenectomy; CT: Computed tomography.