TWO CASES OF SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA WITH LONG SURVIVAL AFTER RESECTION OF RECURRENCE SITE

Abstract

A 69-year-old man underwent right pneumonectomy for right lung cancer. Three months after the surgery, he had a right axillar tumor. We performed an extirpation of the tumor, and made a diagnosis of metastasis from the lung cancer. He survived for thirteen years. A 72-year-old man underwent right middle and lower lobectomy for lung cancer. Six months after the surgery, follow-up computed tomography revealed a metastatic lymph node in the mediastinum. We extirpated the mediastinal lymph node, and made a diagnosis of metastatic lymph node from lung cancer. Nine years after the extirpation of the lymph node, the patient is doing well with no signs of recurrence. There are few reports on long survival cases with skin metastasis or lymph node metastasis.