Two prostatic and gastric adenocarcinoma cases with distant lymph node metastasis

Dogah M., Buyukcelik A., Dizbay Sak S., ENSARİ A., Dincol D.

TURK ONKOLOJI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY, cilt.24, sa.1, ss.31-35, 2009 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Dergi Adı: TURK ONKOLOJI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.31-35
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Skin metastasis, hematogenous lymph node metastasis, gastric cancer, prostate cancer, right supradiaphragmatic lymph node metastasis
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Cancer patients with unknown primary site may have different presentations. Hematogenous lymph node metastasis probability should be also considered when evaluating patients with right supradiaphragmatic lymph node metastasis. A 68-yearold male with prostatic carcinoma and a 60-year-old male with gastric carcinoma are presented here. The prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels and free/total PSA ratio should be measured in male cancer patients with unknown primary site, as we did in our first patient and immunohistochemical PSA staining in the metastatic lymph node, if necessary. Skin metastasis may occur with lymphatic spread after hematogenous lymph node metastasis, and these lesions might also be used as follow-up criteria for response to the treatment.