Metastatic cancer spread at the laparoscopic puncture site. Report of a case in a patient with carcinoma of the ovary. Case report.
The aim of this study is to draw attention to the possibility of the occurrence of a metastatic spread at the laparoscopic entrance site in patients suffering from a carcinoma of the ovary. This event has rarely been mentioned in medical literature before. A case is presented here in which a localized tumoral lesion appeared after a laparoscopic staging study in the abdominal wall, exactly at the site used for the introduction of the accessory laparoscopic trocar in a patient suffering from a carcinoma of the ovary.
Miralles
R M
RM
Department of Gynaecology, Hospital de Bellvitge Prínceps d'Espanya, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona.
Petit
J
J
Giné
L
L
Balagueró
L
L
D000009:Abdominal Muscles; D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000556:secondary*; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology