Late-Type Recurrence at the Port Site of Unexpected Gallbladder Carcinoma After a Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy : Report of a Case

A 73-year-old woman had a laparoscopic cholecystectomy for unexpected gallbladder cancer and 9 days later underwent both a liver bed resection and lymph node dissection. Four years later, she underwent a further resection of a port site recurrence of gallbladder cancer and no other site of recurrenc...

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Published in:Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Vol. 30; no. 9; pp. 853 - 855
Main Authors: Nakagawa, Satoru, Tada, Tetsuya, Furukawa, Hiroshi, Abe, Masaki, Hatakeyama, Katsuyoshi
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Japan 01.01.2000
Subjects:
Abdominal Muscles
Abdominal Neoplasms - secondary
Adenocarcinoma - secondary
Adenocarcinoma - surgery
Aged
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic - adverse effects
Female
Gallbladder neoplasm
Gallbladder Neoplasms - surgery
Humans
Laparoscopic surgery
Lymph Node Excision
Neoplasm Seeding
Port site recurrence
ISSN:0941-1291, 1436-2813
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Summary:A 73-year-old woman had a laparoscopic cholecystectomy for unexpected gallbladder cancer and 9 days later underwent both a liver bed resection and lymph node dissection. Four years later, she underwent a further resection of a port site recurrence of gallbladder cancer and no other site of recurrence was observed. The seeding of cancer cells during the removal of the resected gallbladder might have caused this tumor. This case may show that the port site recurrence did not necessarily indicate an incurable stage of the disease. In addition, an excision of the recurrent tumor also appeared to eliminate the disease in the patient.
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ISSN:0941-1291
1436-2813
DOI:10.1007/s005950070073