[A Case of Recurrence of Rectal Cancer with Para-Aortic Lymph Node Metastases Successfully Resected Resulting in Long Term Survival].
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Laparoscopy-assisted low anterior resection (Japanese D3 lymph node dissection) was performed to treat a 68-year-old man for rectal cancer. Microscopically, the resected specimen was diagnosed as a moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma and the final stage was considered as pT3, pN1, cM0, pStage Ⅲa. He was administered capecitabine for 6 months as adjuvant chemotherapy. Then, enlarged para-aortic lymph nodes, indicated by follow up CT at 1 year and 11 months postoperatively developed behind the left renal artery. FDG accumulated in it, consistent with the CT images. Para-aortic lymph node dissection was performed after the diagnosis of solitary lymph node metastases. Microscopically, the resected lymph nodes showed features similar to the primary lesion. He is doing well without recurrence for 4 year and 6 months, without any adjuvant chemotherapy. Para-aortic lymph node metastases are frequently associated with other distant metastases; if not, a complete cure may be possible by curative resection for solitary metastases.
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| Authors | Hirokazu Sawami, Masaru Murata, Hidekazu Takahashi, Nobuo Tanaka, Kensuke Asai, Kazuhiro Saso, Tomoko Yagi, Moyuru Yamada, Shinsuke Katsuyama, Osamu Takayama, Masashi Baba, Masayuki Yamamoto, Masahiro Hiratsuka |
| Journal | Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy (Gan To Kagaku Ryoho) Vol. 42 Issue 12 Pg. 2310-2 (Nov 2015) ISSN: 0385-0684 [Print] Japan |
| PMID | 26805347 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article) |
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