Delayed infection of a pelvic lymphocele following pelvic lymphadenectomy.
Pelvic lymphocele is an infrequent complication of pelvic surgery, usually presenting shortly after surgery. We report a case of an infected pelvic lymphocele presenting more than 1 year after a staging pelvic lymphadenectomy for adenocarcinoma of the prostate. This case illustrates that late infection of pelvic lymphoceles can occur following a pelvic lymphadenectomy and radical prostatectomy.
Carbone
J M
JM
Division of Urologic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Nadler
R B
RB
Bullock
A D
AD
Basler
J W
JW
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008210:Lymphocele / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D010388:Pelvis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae