Vagina vasorum dissection during D2 lymphadenectomy for gastric carcinoma
Vagina vasorum dissection during D2 lymphadenectomy fo rgastric carcinoma作者机构:Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery The First Affiliated Hospital Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510080 Guangdong Province China Department of Pathology The First Affiliated Hospital Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510080 Guangdong Province China
出 版 物:《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2007年第13卷第12期
页 面:1867-1869页
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学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题:Gastric carcinoma Radical gastrectomy Vagina vasorum Lymphadenectomy Cytokeratin
摘 要:AIM: To explore the relationship between metastasis and vagina vasorum in the progress of gastric carcinoma and to find some facts and references for gastric surgeons. METHODS: One hundred and seven specimens of left or right gastric arteries (55 left and 52 right) were gathered from 59 patients undergoing radical gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma. All the frozen specimens were cut into 3 μm-thick sections and stained with hematoxylin-eosin (HE) and immunohistochemical method separately. Cytokeratin (CK) and mesothelial cells (MC) were stained with immunohistochemical method. Cancer cells inside vagina vasorum were detected and the structure of artery wall was observed under microscope. RESULTS: Metastatic cancer cells or tubercles were found inside vagina vasorum in some stage Ⅲ or Ⅳ specimens, but not in stageⅠor Ⅱ specimens. Tumor cells in vagina vasorum were CK positive in 26 specimens of 14 tumors. Among them, stage Ⅲ was found in 4 specimens of 2 tumors, and stage Ⅳ in 22 specimens of 12 tumors. None of these specimens was positive for MC. The positive rate of CK increased with TNM staging. Compared with the lower part, tumors in the upper and middle parts of stomach were more likely to metastasize into vagina vasorum. CONCLUSION: Vagina vasorum dissection should be performed during D2 lymphadenectomy for TNM stage Ⅲ or Ⅳ gastric carcinoma.