Port-site metastasis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for benign disease.
We describe the case history of a patient presenting with a port-site metastasis from an occult pancreatic malignancy after laparoscopy for benign gallbladder disease. While port-site recurrence is well recognized after laparoscopy for malignant disease, its presentation after laparoscopy for benign disease is rare, this being only the third such case to be reported in the literature. It emphasizes that all pathology localizing to port sites after surgery should be investigated, as it may represent the earliest sign of a hitherto occult intra-abdominal malignancy.
Department of Surgery, The Kent and Sussex Hospital, Turnbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom.
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology