[A case of disease-free survival of liver and lung metastases of rectal cancer resected for a total of five times]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2004 Oct;31(11):1894-6.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report a case of disease-free survival of liver and lung metastases of rectal cancer resected for a total of five times. A 54-year-old female with metastatic liver and lung tumors of rectal cancer was admitted to our hospital. After a radical resection of the original tumor was performed at a previous hospital, liver and lung metastases had been confirmed in 1 year and 9 months and in 2 years and 2 months, respectively, and that both metastases had been resected as well. On admission to our hospital, computed tomography (CT) showed a liver metastasis of 3-cm in diameter in segment 3 and a lung metastasis of 2-cm in diameter in lingular segment. Two surgeries were performed to resect both of them. Because of a recurrent liver metastasis observed in segment 4, we performed a right hepatic lobectomy and partial duodenectomy 2 years later from the surgeries. After the fifth surgery for metastatic lesions, no sign of recurrence has been observed in 2 years and 11 months.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / mortality*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery
  • Lung Neoplasms / mortality*
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Rectal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Rectal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Reoperation