TY - JOUR
T1 - Extraperitoneal laparoscopic para-aortic lymphadenectomy for lymph node recurrence of fallopian tube carcinoma
AU - Córdoba, O.
AU - Gil-Moreno, A.
AU - De La Torre, J.
AU - Martínez-Palones, J. M.
AU - Díaz, B.
AU - Xercavins, J.
PY - 2006/5/1
Y1 - 2006/5/1
N2 - The endoscopic retroperitoneal approach is a minimally invasive method for surgical staging of cervical cancer. A 57-year-old woman had an intraoperative diagnosis of carcinoma of the left fallopian tube and undergone a retroperitoneal pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy with no peritonization during surgical staging. Small suspicious nodes in the serous membrane of the sigmoid colon and peritoneal washings were positive for malignancy. A total of 12 nodes were obtained, all of which were negative. She received six cycles of paclitaxel and platinum-based chemotherapy and showed a complete clinical response. Thirty-two months after surgery, the abdominal computed tomography scan showed a left para-aortic lymph node, 19 mm in diameter, which was successfully removed through an extraperitoneal laparoscopic approach. The extraperitoneal laparoscopic approach of the para-aortic region is a feasible procedure after previous transperitoneal lymphadenectomy and chemotherapy. © 2006, Copyright the Authors.
AB - The endoscopic retroperitoneal approach is a minimally invasive method for surgical staging of cervical cancer. A 57-year-old woman had an intraoperative diagnosis of carcinoma of the left fallopian tube and undergone a retroperitoneal pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy with no peritonization during surgical staging. Small suspicious nodes in the serous membrane of the sigmoid colon and peritoneal washings were positive for malignancy. A total of 12 nodes were obtained, all of which were negative. She received six cycles of paclitaxel and platinum-based chemotherapy and showed a complete clinical response. Thirty-two months after surgery, the abdominal computed tomography scan showed a left para-aortic lymph node, 19 mm in diameter, which was successfully removed through an extraperitoneal laparoscopic approach. The extraperitoneal laparoscopic approach of the para-aortic region is a feasible procedure after previous transperitoneal lymphadenectomy and chemotherapy. © 2006, Copyright the Authors.
KW - Extraperitoneal endoscopy
KW - Fallopian tube carcinoma
KW - Para-aortic lymphadenectomy
KW - Recurrence
U2 - 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00595.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00595.x
M3 - Article
SN - 1048-891X
VL - 16
SP - 991
EP - 993
JO - International Journal of Gynecological Cancer
JF - International Journal of Gynecological Cancer
IS - 3
ER -