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Case Reports
. 2021 Oct;14(5):1386-1391.
doi: 10.1007/s12328-021-01483-7. Epub 2021 Jul 21.

Surgical resection of undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) with jejunal perforation, a suspected case of metastasis of lung cancer

Ryotaro Eto  1   2 , Isamu Hoshino  3 , Nobuhiro Takiguchi  3 , Toru Tonooka  3 , Hisashi Gunji  3 , Naoki Kuwayama  3 , Itaru Sonoda  3   4 , Makiko Itami  5 , Masayuki Otsuka  4 , Yoshihiro Nabeya  3
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Surgical resection of undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) with jejunal perforation, a suspected case of metastasis of lung cancer

Ryotaro Eto et al. Clin J Gastroenterol. 2021 Oct.

Abstract

Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) in the gastrointestinal tract is rare. According to the diagnostic criteria after the World Health Organization 2013 reclassification, there has been only one case of UPS with perforation of the gastrointestinal tract. A 71-year-old man who was undergoing outpatient chemotherapy at the department of respiratory medicine of our hospital for lung cancer and brain metastasis, was admitted to our hospital with sudden high fever and abdominal pain. A computed tomography scan showed free air in the abdominal cavity with thickening of part of the jejunal wall. We suspected jejunal metastasis of lung cancer and performed emergency surgery for acute peritonitis due to gastrointestinal perforation in the same area. A Bormann type 2 tumour was found in the jejunum with perforation. The histopathological diagnosis was UPS. Ten months have passed since the surgery, and there has been no recurrence of UPS and no significant change in lung cancer. Primary UPS of the gastrointestinal tract is rare, and cases with perforation are extremely rare. Currently, ten months have passed since the surgery, and no recurrence has been observed. We encountered a case of UPS in which it was difficult to distinguish metastasis from lung cancer to the jejunum, and the emergency surgery gave us the chance to confirm the definitive diagnosis and save the patient's life.

Keywords: Gastrointestinal UPS; Perforation of jejunum; Surgical resection; Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma.

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