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Case Reports
. 2016 Feb 29:23:60.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2016.23.60.8910. eCollection 2016.

Peritoneal carcinomatosis, an unusual and only site of metastasis from lung adenocarcinoma

Kloub Hanane  1 , Benhmida Salma  1 , Bellahammou Khadija  1 , Elghissassi Ibrahim  1 , Boutayeb Saber  1 , M'rabti Hind  1 , Errihani Hassan  1
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Case Reports

Peritoneal carcinomatosis, an unusual and only site of metastasis from lung adenocarcinoma

Kloub Hanane et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract

Isolated peritoneal metastases of lung adenocarcinoma are very rare, even exceptional, occurring most often in the context of a multi-metastatic disease. This report presents a rare clinical case of isolated peritoneal metastasis from lung adenocarcinoma. We report a 56-year-old male who was monitored for lung adenocarcinoma whose evolution has been marked by an isolated metastatic recurrence in the peritoneum objectified by an abdominal-pelvic computed tomography (CT) and confirmed by a laparoscopy with abiopsy of the peritoneal nodules. The patient had received palliative chemotherapy with gemcitabine, cisplatin and bevacizumab. The evolution was marked by a progressive deterioration of the general condition and death two months after the third treatment cycle. Peritoneal carcinomatosis from lung adenocarcinoma is a very rare event, and is often associated with a poor prognosis.

Keywords: Lung cancer; chemotherapy; peritoneal carcinomatosis.

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Figure 1
Biopsy of the peritoneal nodules shows positive staining CK7 on immunohistochemistry
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Figure 2
Biopsy of the peritoneal nodules shows positive staining TTF1 on immunohistochemistry
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Figure 3
Biopsy of the peritoneal nodules: CK20 negative on immunohistochemistry
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