[Solitary Diaphragmatic Metastasis after Radical Surgery of Early Endometrial Cancer]

Kyobu Geka. 2020 Dec;73(13):1076-1079.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Solitary diaphragmatic metastasis from early endometrial cancer is quite rare. We present a case of a 58-year-old woman who had been performed radical surgery for stageⅠA, G1 endometrial cancer 3 years before. The patient was referred to our hospital for chest abnormal shadow. Computed tomography (CT) and Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a mass in the right diaphragm, without the finding of liver invasion. We performed partial resection of diaphragm through video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). After surgery, there were no serious complications and was discharged from the hospital on day 6 from surgery. Nine months later, the patient is alive without recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diaphragm*
  • Endometrial Neoplasms*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed