Solitary mediastinal lymph node metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma: MR imaging findings

Osamu Tanaka; Masayuki Kanematsu; Hiroshi Kondo; Satoshi Goshima; Hironori Nishibori; Hiroki Kato; Takuji Kiryu; Ryujiro Yokoyama; Hiroaki Hoshi; Noriyuki Moriyama

doi:10.1016/j.mri.2004.11.001

Solitary mediastinal lymph node metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma: MR imaging findings

Magn Reson Imaging. 2005 Jan;23(1):111-4. doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2004.11.001.

Authors

Osamu Tanaka¹, Masayuki Kanematsu, Hiroshi Kondo, Satoshi Goshima, Hironori Nishibori, Hiroki Kato, Takuji Kiryu, Ryujiro Yokoyama, Hiroaki Hoshi, Noriyuki Moriyama

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasamachi, Gifu 500-8705, Japan.

PMID: 15733796
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2004.11.001

Abstract

A 65-year-old man with multiple hepatocellular carcinomas in the liver with type C viral hepatitis had a solitary mediastinal lymph node metastasis in the right paratracheal to tracheobronchial region. Surgical resection for the mediastinal metastasis was undertaken based on magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings, suggesting its radicality. We assess the MR imaging findings and presumable pathways of lymphatic metastasis from the liver to mediastinal lymph nodes in this report.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology*
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / virology
Hepatitis C / complications
Humans
Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
Liver Neoplasms / virology
Lymph Node Excision
Lymphatic Metastasis / diagnosis*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Mediastinum