A case of late lymph node metastasis after three endoscopic mucosal resections of intramucosal gastric cancers.
We describe a patient with solitary lymph node (LN) metastasis after three endoscopic mucosal resections (EMRs) in which a gastrointestinal stromal tumor was difficult to differentiate from the carcinoid and lymphoma tumors. A 77-year-old man underwent three EMRs at 62, 72, and 75 years of age, and all resections were determined to be curative. However, 2 years after the last EMR, screening abdominal ultrasonography detected a 20-mm solitary tumor at the lesser curvature of the upper stomach. Laparoscopic tumor resection confirmed the pathological diagnosis. Intraoperative pathological diagnosis showed that the adenocarcinoma was compatible with recurrence of gastric cancer; thus, total gastrectomy with D1 lymphadenectomy was performed. Metastasis was not recognized by pathological examination but was detected by preoperative radiological examinations of the LN. We report a rare recurrence case after several EMRs of intramucosal gastric cancers.
Eisuke
E
Booka
Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan. tsunehiro-t@a8.keio.jp.
Tsunehiro
T
Takahashi
Kazunori
K
Tokizawa
Yusuke
Y
Uchi
Akihiko
A
Okamura
Kazumasa
K
Fukuda
Rieko
R
Nakamura
Norihito
N
Wada
Hirofumi
H
Kawakubo
Yoshiro
Y
Saikawa
Tai
T
Omori
Hiroya
H
Takeuchi
Aya
A
Sasaki
Shuji
S
Mikami
Koichiro
K
Kumai
Kaori
K
Kameyama
Yuko
Y
Kitagawa
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005743:Gastrectomy; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery