[A case of multiple para-aortic lymph node metastases from squamous cell carcinoma of an unknown primary responding...

We report a case of disease -free survival with combination chemotherapy against squamous cell carcinoma(SCC)of an unknown primary. A 54-year-old male had an intraabdominal malignant lymph node tumor beside the common hepatic artery which was revealed by image studies including CT, MRI and PET-CT. After extirpation of the tumor, the resected specimens were diagnosed as metastatic SCC in the lymph nodes by pathology and immunohistochemistry. Cancers of an unknown primary are divided into two sub-groups, favorable and unfavorable, based on their clinical output. During hesitation to cure because of the unfavorable sub-group, the authors recognized multiple Virchow's and para-aortic lymph node metastases in this case. However, chemotherapy with CDDP/5-FU, followed by S-1, and then DOC were effective, resulting in a CR. The patient has been well without any sign of recurrence over 3 years after the first chemotherapy and about 2 years after the last chemotherapy. If a primary site is not found immediately after careful detection cancer of an unknown primary should be cured.