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Query: UMLS:C0085693 (acute appendicitis)
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I have reported a case of acute appendicitis with perforation caused by metastatic small cell bronchogenic carcinoma. There was no evidence of distant spread apart from that to the appendix, and at operation, there was no macroscopic evidence of other metastases in the abdomen.
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PMID:Metastasis-induced acute appendicitis in small cell bronchogenic carcinoma. 284 29

A case of acute gangrenous appendicitis with perforation caused by metastatic small cell carcinoma of the lung in a 65 year old man is reported. The manifestation of appendicitis occurred more than 4 years after the diagnosis of the bronchogenic carcinoma. With longer survival of patients with disseminated tumors it is probable that new manifestations of those malignancies will be discovered. Acute appendicitis due to metastasis from a distant neoplasm should be considered in the differential diagnosis of right lower abdominal pain in the oncology patient.
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PMID:Metastasis from small cell carcinoma of the lung producing acute appendicitis. 1084 73