Good response chemotherapy for late-recurring gastric cancer in the gluteals, with peritoneal and retroperitoneal dissemination

Tokai J Exp Clin Med. 2011 Apr 20;36(1):8-12.

Abstract

A 64-year-old woman presented with advanced gastric cancer (signet ring cell carcinoma) and underwent total gastrectomy in 1996. Postoperative recovery was good, and she was monitored regularly on an outpatient basis. Abdominal computed tomography in 1999 revealed a soft tissue shadow ventral to the origin of the celiac artery. Careful monitoring was continued on an outpatient basis. The patient began to experience gluteal swelling and pain in April 2008. Symptoms rapidly exacerbated and the patient was hospitalized for further examination. Gluteal muscle biopsy revealed signet ring cell carcinoma and bilateral hydronephrosis. Gluteal recurrence of the original gastric cancer was suggested, and systemic chemotherapy consisting of S-1 at 100 mg/day (3 weeks on, 1 week off) and CDDP (day 8) was started. Following the 6th cycle of chemotherapy, gluteal symptoms disappeared and the patient was judged to have achieved clinical complete response (CR). No adverse events or image findings suggesting new recurrence have since been identified. The patient received a total CDDP dose of 585 mg and clinical CR has been maintained as of 14 years after total gastrectomy and 18 months after recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Buttocks
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / drug therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / secondary*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Drug Combinations
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Muscle Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / drug therapy
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
  • Oxonic Acid / administration & dosage
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Remission Induction
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tegafur / administration & dosage
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Drug Combinations
  • S 1 (combination)
  • Tegafur
  • Oxonic Acid
  • Cisplatin