title: [Mediastinal lymph node carcinoma of unknown primary site; report of a case].
abstract: A 44-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of mediastinal mass. Serum levels of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) were found to be elevated. No preoperative examination could detect the primary lesion. The tumor was resected through right thoracotomy. Histological examination revealed poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. She was diagonosed as metastatic mediastinal lymph node carcinoma of unknown primary site. She received radiotherapy and chemotherapy and is desease free 29 months after operation. Good results may be obtained by multimodality therapies for cancer in mediastinal lymph node of unknown primary site.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Surgery, Takamatsu Red Cross Hospital, Takamatsu Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshizawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Furukita
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000097:blood; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen