Extraperitoneal laparoscopic para-aortic lymphadenectomy for lymph node recurrence of fallopian tube carcinoma

Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2006 May-Jun;16(3):991-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00595.x.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma / secondary
  • Carcinoma / surgery*
  • Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Fallopian Tube Neoplasms / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy / methods*
  • Lymph Node Excision / methods*
  • Lymphatic Metastasis*
  • Middle Aged
  • Models, Biological
  • Radiography