Lymph node metastases of prostatic adenocarcinoma in the mesorectum in patients with rectal cancer

Cancer Res Treat. 2005 Apr;37(2):129-32. doi: 10.4143/crt.2005.37.2.129. Epub 2005 Apr 30.

Abstract

Lymph node involvement is the most important prognostic factor of rectal cancer. Cancer originating from sites other than the rectum rarely metastasizes to the mesorectal lymph node. We report a rectal cancer patient with a synchronous metastatic prostatic carcinoma to the mesorectal lymph node.

Keywords: Lymph node; Mesorectal; Prostatic carcinoma.