Relapse with isolated peritoneal metastasis in lung adenocarcinoma: case report and review of the literature

Abstract

Lung cancer rarely involves without involvement of other metastatic sites. The most common regions of metastasis are the pleural lung parenchyma skeletal system, liver, brain, and adrenal glands Compared with pleural metastasis, peritoneal involvement is rarely encountered in-lung carcinoma. Ascites development it often described during late stages Of the disease, following diagnosis in patients With serosal involvement other than :pleural metastases. Diagnosis it bated-on histopathological or cytological examination confirmed by the presence of malign cells in the peritoneal fluids. Metastatic involvement-Of other areas is common and expected in cancer patients in whom peritoneal Metastasis develop. There are no pulished reports of lung cancer cases; with involvement Of only the,peritoneum without metastases to other more common regions. Herein we present a rare Case of non small cell-lung carcinoma involving the peritoneum. The presented case had an unusual course and relapsed with peritoneal carcinomatosis without involvement of other region.