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Mediastinal lymph node metastases from gastrointestinal carcinoma
Author(s) -
Libson Eugene,
Bloom Ronald A.,
Halperin Irit,
Peretz Tamar,
Husband Janet E.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19870415)59:8<1490::aid-cncr2820590816>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinal lymph node , mediastinal lymphadenopathy , lymph , lung , lymph node , carcinoma , radiology , pathology , mediastinum , metastasis , cancer
Mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy secondary to gastrointestinal metastases rarely have been reported and have been considered to occur only in conjunction with lymphangitic lung spread. The current report is of 15 cases of hilar and mediastinal metastases secondary to pancreatic, gastric, and colonic primary tumors. In only three of these cases was lymphangitic lung involvement noted. Possible pathways of spread of these tumors to the mediastinal lymph nodes are discussed.