Solitary anterior mediastinal lymph node metastasis with pericardial invasion from colon cancer: A case report.

ABSTRACT: Colorectal cancer commonly metastasizes to the regional lymph nodes, liver, lungs and peritoneum. At present, mediastinal lymph node metastasis from colorectal cancer is uncommon and poorly understood. The present study reported a case of solitary anterior mediastinal lymph node metastasis with pericardial invasion from transverse colon cancer. An 82-year-old woman had a history of colectomy with regional lymph node dissection for transverse colon cancer (T1N1bM0 stage IIIA in the UICC classification). The patient had no symptoms, but follow-up contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed an anterior mediastinal tumor compressing the heart 18 months after colectomy. The tumor showed fluorodeoxyglucose uptake on positron emission tomography. Resection of the anterior mediastinal tumor wit

SUBMITTER: Watanabe Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9264321 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature