Metachronous metastasis to inguinal lymph nodes from sigmoid colon adenocarcinoma with abdominal wall metastasis: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

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

SUBMITTER: Tanabe T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6391797 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature