[A Case of Long-Term Survival after Reoperation for Neck Lymph Node Metastasis Occurring Seven Years after Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2018 Dec;45(13):2312-2314.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 59-year-old woman with pancreatic cancer underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy. The tumor was histologically diagnosed as a well-differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma with a small amount of mucinous component. After resection, the patient underwent hepatic perfusion therapy using 5-FU and gemcitabine chemotherapy for 1 year. 7 years after the initial surgery, CT and PET-CT revealed an isolated enlarged lymph node in the left neck. As the patient had no other metastasis, lymphadenectomy was performed. A diagnosis of lymph node metastasis originating from pancreatic cancer was confirmed on the basis of histological and immunohistopathological assessments. After the second resection, chemotherapy with S-1 was administered for 1 year. The patient has been alive without tumor relapse for 11 years. In patients with late recurrence after pancreatectomy, aggressive isolated lymph node resection and maintained chemotherapy may contribute to the improvement in prognosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma* / diagnostic imaging
  • Adenocarcinoma* / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymph Node Excision
  • Lymphatic Metastasis / diagnostic imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Pancreaticoduodenectomy*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Reoperation