28 July 2026
: Case report
Acute Small Bowel Obstruction as the First Manifestation of Occult Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report of Jejunal Metastasis
Challenging differential diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Management of emergency care, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis), Rare coexistence of disease or pathology
Midani Touati ABEF 1, Ibtissem Korbi F 1, Hiba Ben Hassine BDEF 1*, Faiez BoughanmiDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.953993
Am J Case Rep 2026; 27:e953993
Figure 4 Histopathological and immunohistochemical features of jejunal metastasis from primary lung adenocarcinoma. (A) Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-stained section demonstrating infiltrative adenocarcinoma involving the ileal wall beneath an intact intestinal mucosa. The tumor is composed of irregular infiltrating glands embedded within a desmoplastic stroma. (B) Higher-power H&E photomicrograph showing malignant glandular and focal cribriform architecture lined by atypical epithelial cells with enlarged hyperchromatic nuclei, nuclear pleomorphism, and prominent nucleoli, consistent with metastatic adenocarcinoma. (C) Immunohistochemical staining demonstrating diffuse strong cytoplasmic and membranous positivity for cytokeratin 7 in the neoplastic cells, supporting a pulmonary origin. (D) Immunohistochemical staining showing diffuse cytoplasmic positivity for napsin A, a sensitive marker of pulmonary adenocarcinoma, confirming the pulmonary origin of the mtastatic lesion.






