Abstract
A 75 year-old man underwent right hemicolectomy for colon cancer 3 yrs and 6 months ago, followed by chemotherapy with capecitabine. One year and 10 months later, solitary liver metastasis was resected. Five months later, a bulky mediastinal mass of 6 cm in diameter was detected by chest computed tomography and he was referred to our department. The tumor was successfully extirpated by videothoracoscopy-assisted right axillary approach. Histopathology disclosed poorly-differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma and diagnosed as metastatic mediastinal lymph node from the colon cancer. He was discharged on the day 5 and alive without disease 13 months after the mediastinal surgery.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
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Adenocarcinoma / therapy
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Aged
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Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / therapeutic use
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Capecitabine
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Cell Differentiation
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Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
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Colectomy
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Colonic Neoplasms / pathology*
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Colonic Neoplasms / therapy
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Deoxycytidine / analogs & derivatives
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Deoxycytidine / therapeutic use
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Fluorouracil / analogs & derivatives
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Fluorouracil / therapeutic use
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Humans
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Lymph Node Excision / methods
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Lymph Nodes / diagnostic imaging
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Lymph Nodes / pathology*
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Lymph Nodes / surgery
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Lymphatic Metastasis
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Male
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Mediastinum
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Positron-Emission Tomography
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Reoperation
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Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
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Time Factors
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Treatment Outcome
Substances
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Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
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Deoxycytidine
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Capecitabine
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Fluorouracil