Spontaneous seromuscular laceration of the sigmoid colon: a case report.
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SUBMITTER: Pollard C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4693696 | biostudies-other | 2015 Dec
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Project description:BACKGROUND:Inguinal lymph node metastasis from rectum is uncommon but well-known occurrence, whereas that from colon adenocarcinoma is extremely rare. Inguinal lymph node metastasis from colon adenocarcinoma has only been reported in previous cases involving primary tumor invasion of the abdominal wall, or in those involving colon cancer metastasis to external iliac lymph nodes. We describe a case of inguinal lymph node metastasis from colon cancer without primary tumor invasion to the abdominal wall. CASE PRESENTATION:A 42-year-old female, who had undergone twice cesarean sections before, underwent open sigmoidectomy for sigmoid colon adenocarcinoma and received 12 cycles of FOLFOX regimen as adjuvant chemotherapy. Two years after sigmoidectomy, a follow-up CT scan revealed enlarged inguinal lymph nodes as well as growth of enhanced mass lesions on the abdominal wall at site of the cesarean section scar. Biopsy of both lesions revealed well-differentiated adenocarcinoma, and immunohistochemistry demonstrated positive expression of CDX2, substantiating its gastrointestinal origin. We therefore performed dissection of left inguinal lymph nodes and mass lesion of the abdominal wall. The patient died 51 months after lymph node dissection. CONCLUSIONS:This is the first reported case of inguinal lymph node metastasis from colon cancer without invasion of the primary tumor to the abdominal wall or without involvement of the external iliac lymph nodes, suggesting that the pathway of inguinal metastasis originated from the abdominal wall metastasis. When inguinal lymph node metastasis from colon cancer is suspected, if an R0 resection was possible, inguinal lymph node dissection may be a potentially effective treatment.
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Project description:BackgroundGastric cancer and colon cancer are rarely seen in clinic, but there are still related reports. For gastric cancer and simultaneous colon cancer, surgical resection is the main treatment. Traditional surgery requires an incision from xiphoid process to pubic symphysis. With the progress of minimally invasive technology, laparoscopic surgery is also used in the treatment of gastric cancer, but also in the abdominal incision to remove specimens and in vitro anastomosis of digestive tract. Taking specimens through the natural cavity as a new surgical method can not only reduce the abdominal incision, but also reduce the occurrence of wound-related complications. Here, we report a patient with gastric cancer and colon cancer who was treated in our hospital.Case summaryWe report a series of patients with gastric cancer and colon cancer. upper abdominal pain was treated in our hospital for 6 months. electronic gastroscopy showed large irregular ulcers on the lesser curvature of the gastric antrum and biopsy showed poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the gastric antrum. The enhanced CT of abdomen and pelvis showed irregular thickening of gastric antrum wall, irregular thickening of sigmoid colon wall and no obvious enlarged lymph nodes around. Further electronic enteroscopy showed that the sigmoid colon showed cauliflower protuberance, the intestinal cavity was slightly narrow, the intestinal wall was stiff, and the biopsy pathology showed moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon. No obvious abnormality was found in serological tumor indexes. We diagnosed gastric cancer with sigmoid colon cancer and the patient received Laparoscopic subtotal gastrectomy and sigmoidectomy combined with natural orifice specimen extraction surgery. At present, 12 months after operation, no clear tumor recurrence was found in the metastasis.ConclusionWe should improve the understanding of gastric cancer and sigmoid cancer and combine examination with pathology to avoid misdiagnosis as metastatic cancer. Laparoscopic subtotal gastrectomy should be performed for tumors with no serosa invasion, body mass index <30 and tumor diameter <6.5 cm. Sigmoidectomy combined with natural nostril sampling is feasible.
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