TY - JOUR AU - El-Gendy, Khalid A. AU - Atkin, Gary K. AU - Brightwell, Robert E. AU - Richman, Paul AU - Livingstone, Jeremy I. PY - 2008 DA - 2008/10/02 TI - Adjacent thoracic lymph node metastases originating from two separate primary cancers: case report JO - International Seminars in Surgical Oncology SP - 22 VL - 5 IS - 1 AB - Reported is an unusual case of adjacent thoracic lymph nodes demonstrating metastases from two different primary malignancies. A 51 year-old woman with a previous history of bilateral breast cancer underwent a radical gastro-oesophagectomy for adenocarcinoma of the lower third of the oesophagus. The resection specimen demonstrated breast and oesophageal metastases in adjacent thoracic lymph nodes. Mechanisms for this phenomenon, including the known local immune suppression on lymphoid cells by oesophageal carcinoma cells, are discussed. SN - 1477-7800 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7800-5-22 DO - 10.1186/1477-7800-5-22 ID - El-Gendy2008 ER -