[Long-Term Survival of a Gastric Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Patient with Extra-Regional Lymph Node Metastases]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2017 Apr;44(4):333-336.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 56-year-old man with advanced gastric tumor in the pyloric antrum had multiple lymph node metastases(lymph nodes #5, 6, 8, and 13), as revealed by abdominal computed tomography(CT).The patient was diagnosed with coexisting clinical Stage III A gastric cancer(cT2[SS], cN2, cM0)with concomitant malignant lymphoma.Distal gastrectomy, D2 lymph node dissection, and resection of lymph node #13 were performed.Histopathological findings indicated that both the primary tumor and lymph node metastases were neuroendocrine carcinomas.Adjuvant chemotherapy with S-1 was administered; however, follow-up CT after 6 months revealed local recurrence around the celiac artery.Therefore , the chemotherapy regimen was changed to irinotecan and cisplatin.A clinical complete response was obtained after 6 chemotherapy courses and maintained for up to 45 months.The patient is alive at 60 months after the operation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Camptothecin / administration & dosage
  • Camptothecin / analogs & derivatives
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / drug therapy
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / surgery
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Irinotecan
  • Lymph Node Excision
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Recurrence
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Irinotecan
  • Cisplatin
  • Camptothecin