[A Case of Long-Term Survival Achieved by Multimodal Treatments for Postoperative Lung Metastasis and Mediastinal Lymph Node Metastasis after Surgery for Ascending Colon Cancer].

A 52-year-old male patient with Stage Ⅲc ascending colon cancer underwent laparoscopic right hemicolectomy with D3 lymph node dissection. Adjuvant chemotherapy was administered for 6 months, and no recurrence was observed during the follow-up period. Left lung metastasis was detected and surgically removed 7 years after the initial surgery. He underwent open partial small bowel resection with lymph node dissection when mesenteric lymph node metastasis was identified 2 years later. Although chemotherapy was conducted on the identification of mediastinal lymph node metastasis 2 years later, the mediastinal lymph nodes increased. Although attempted, lymph node dissection was impossible because of the strong adhesion to the trachea. Subsequently, chemotherapy and radiation therapy were administered. However, an infiltration of the mediastinal lymph nodes into the trachea was observed. The patient underwent bronchoscopic laser tumor ablation. The patient died 4 months after the resumption of chemotherapy(18 years after the initial surgery). Mediastinal lymph node recurrence after curative resection for colon cancer is a rare clinical condition. Nevertheless, long-term survival could be achieved by multimodal treatments in such patients.