title: Umbilical metastases from a stage IB cervical cancer after laparoscopy: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, New Jersey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Patsner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Damien
mesh_terms: 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*