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Metastasis 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 together with a subtotal esophagectomy and a right upper and middle pulmonary lobectomy (due to lung cancer) with a right thoracotomy. After 42 and 12 months’ post-surgery, respectively, the patients were doing well without any evidence of recurrence.
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Shishido, Y., Miyata, H., Sugimura, K. et al. Successful resection after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for esophageal cancer with posterior thoracic paraaortic lymph node metastasis: a case report and literature review. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 65, 542–548 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-017-0802-0
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