Umbilical metastases from a stage IB cervical cancer after laparoscopy: a case report.
The first reported case of laparoscopy site metastases from an unsuspected stage IB cervical cancer diagnosed during laparoscopy for endometriosis is presented. Implications of this clinical situation are discussed.
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Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, New Jersey.
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D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D002921:Cicatrix; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D014472:Umbilicus; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*