Successful resection after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for esophageal cancer with posterior thoracic paraaortic lymph node metastasis: a case report and literature review

AbstractMetastasis to the posterior thoracic paraaortic lymph nodes rarely occurs in esophageal cancer, and a treatment strategy has not been established. We treated two cases of esophageal cancer with this type of metastasis; in both cases, we successfully performed surgical resection after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. In case 1, the patient received neoadjuvant chemotherapy, which consisted of docetaxel, cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil, and then underwent dissection of the posterior thoracic paraaortic lymph nodes. The left thoracic approach was used together with subtotal esophagectomy via a right thoracotomy. In case 2, the patient also received neoadjuvant chemotherapy and underwent dissection of the posterior thoracic paraaortic lymph nodes. The left thoracoscopic approach was used togethe...

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