Cutaneous metastasis following laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy for prostatic carcinoma.
A case of implantation metastasis in the abdominal wall following transabdominal laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy is reported. A cutaneous nodule was palpated at 1 of the laparoscopic ports 6 months after laparoscopic lymphadenectomy in a 66-year-old patient with stage T3pN1M0, grade 2 adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Aspiration cytology confirmed metastatic adenocarcinoma.
Bangma
C H
CH
Department of Urology, Academic Hospital Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Kirkels
W J
WJ
Chadha
S
S
Schröder
F H
FH
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*