Incisional recurrence of squamous cell cervical carcinoma following operative staging.
A patient with FIGO Stage IIB cervical carcinoma underwent an extraperitoneal lymphadenectomy with exploratory laparotomy and washings for surgical staging. Intraperitoneal tumor was found. Seven months later, the tumor recurred as a subcutaneous nodule in the surgical incision. The implications of this recurrence are discussed.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri.
Jacobs
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Janney
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Schmidt
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D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery