title: Resection of a posterior mediastinal metastasis of colon cancer.
abstract: We report a resection of a posterior mediastinal metastasis of colon cancer. A 29-year-old man who had undergone a right hemicolectomy and liver resection for ascending colon cancer with liver metastasis was referred to our hospital with the diagnosis of a solitary posterior mediastinal metastasis. Tumor extirpation with descending aorta replacement was performed. Five months after the operation, local recurrence developed in the posterior mediastinum, which was also resected. He has been recurrence-free for 5 years since the second procedure. In this case, the metastases were believed to have occurred through the thoracic duct.
authors: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. sanoa-tky@umin.ac.jp
authors: Atsushi
authors: A
authors: Sano
authors: Tomohiro
authors: T
authors: Murakawa
authors: Tetsuro
authors: T
authors: Morota
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Nakajima
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D012086:Reoperation / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome