[Computed tomography imaging of abdominal wall metastases after laparoscopy].
We report a case of abdominal wall metastases which occurred after diagnostic laparoscopy in a 64-year-old man presenting with gallbladder carcinoma and peritoneal carcinomatosis. CT showed enhancing masses along the laparoscopic tracts, suggesting metastatic seeding at the time of the surgery. This unusual complication fuels the current debate regarding indications of laparoscopic surgery in patients with malignancy.
Clément
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Service de Radiologie A, Hôpital Cochin, Paris.
Hoeffel
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Legmann
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Bonnin
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