A case of ipsilateral axillary lymph node recurrence of lung cancer

Abstract

A 68-year-old woman underwent left upper lobectomy+ND2a-2. Postoperative pathological examination revealed and confirmed the diagnosis of adenocarcinoma, pT3N0M0, stageIIB. Six months after surgery, chest CT showed swelling of the left axillary lymph node and the tumor marker level was high. PET-CT revealed abnormal accumulation in the left axillary lymph node. Biopsy of the left axillary lymph node confirmed the presence of adenocarcinoma. After biopsy, she underwent chemotherapy and radiation therapy. The patient died of cancer 4 years after the axillary lymph node recurrence.