Curatively resected isolated inguinal lymph node metastasis from cecum cancer: report of a case

Surg Today. 2013 Jan;43(1):88-90. doi: 10.1007/s00595-012-0380-9. Epub 2012 Oct 31.

Abstract

We herein report the case of a curatively resected solitary inguinal lymph node metastasis from cecum cancer. Our patient was a 67-year-old male with cecum cancer with abdominal wall invasion. Three years after surgery, inguinal lymph node swelling was detected by a computed tomography examination. Further examination revealed no other metastases. Surgical resection was performed to remove the lesion, and microscopic examination revealed that cancer cells had metastasized. No recurrence was detected 3 years after the salvage surgery. Inguinal lymph node metastasis of cecum cancer has not been reported in the literature, but in our case salvage surgery resulted in a good outcome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Abdominal Wall / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery*
  • Aged
  • Cecum / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Inguinal Canal / pathology
  • Inguinal Canal / surgery*
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Lymph Node Excision*
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Salvage Therapy
  • Treatment Outcome