Presacral lymph node recurrence of rectal intramucosal adenocarcinoma after endoscopic mucosal resection: a case report

• Main Authors: Taichi Horino, Yukiharu Hiyoshi, Yuji Miyamoto, Naoya Yoshida, Hideo Baba
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SpringerOpen 2020-04-01
• Series: Surgical Case Reports
• Subjects: Colorectal cancer; Intramucosal adenocarcinoma; Endoscopic mucosal resection; Lymph node recurrence
• Online Access: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-020-00836-7
• ISSN: 2198-7793

Abstract Background The recurrence of endoscopically resected intramucosal colorectal cancer (CRC) is quite rare, and data regarding metastasis in intramucosal tumors are still lacking. We herein report a case of presacral lymph node recurrence of intramucosal rectal cancer after curative endoscopic resection. Case presentation A 53-year-old man underwent endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) for rectal intramucosal adenocarcinoma. Thirty-nine months after the procedure, follow-up computed tomography (CT) revealed a swollen anterior sacral lymph node with an abnormal fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake on positron emission tomography (PET). He underwent laparoscopic low anterior resection (LAR) and was discharged on postoperative day 11 without any complications. The pathological examination confirmed solitary lymph node metastasis (moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma) without a residual tumor in the rectal epithelium. We diagnosed him with lymph node metastasis of rectal cancer. Pathological examination of the resected lymph node confirmed moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma. He has not experienced any re-recurrence in the 6 months since surgery. Conclusions This is a rare case of local lymph node recurrence of intramucosal rectal cancer after successful EMR that was salvaged with surgery. Surveillance after successful endoscopic resection of rectal cancer using both endoscopy and CT is necessary.