title: Laparoscopic port site implantation with ovarian cancer.
abstract: We report the cases of 3 patients in whom tumor implantation developed at the port site at which ovarian cancer was removed laparoscopically. The 3 patients, who were aged 30, 32, and 40 years, all had an ovary that did not appear cancerous removed by laparoscopy through a port site. All 3 patients underwent re-exploration within 3 weeks and were found to have tumoral spread and port site implantation of tumor. When ovarian cancer is removed laparoscopically, the potential exists for intra-abdominal tumoral spread. When surgical staging is undertaken after laparoscopic removal of ovarian cancer, the port site should be excised in a full-thickness fashion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Akron General Medical Center and Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Akron, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: von Gruenigen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gaich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D007813:Laparotomy; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010052:Ovariectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation