Port site metastasis as a complication of thoracoscopic metastatectomy.
We report a case of port site recurrence after thoracoscopic resection of pulmonary metastasis from an adenocarcinoma of the rectum. This case stresses the importance of careful manipulation and concealed removal of malignant pulmonary lesions if the minimal invasive technique is applied.
Mutsaerts
E L
EL
Department of Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ziekenhuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. emutsaerts@hotmail.com
Zoetmulder
F A
FA
Rutgers
E J
EJ
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed