title: [A Case of Recurrence of Rectal Cancer with Para-Aortic Lymph Node Metastases Successfully Resected Resulting in Long Term Survival].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Itami City Hospital.
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sawami
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: Hidekazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Kensuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asai
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saso
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: Moyuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Shinsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Katsuyama
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hiratsuka
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology; D000069287:Capecitabine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D000069287:Capecitabine