Abdominal wall metastasis from ovarian cancer after laparotomy. A case report.
A 27-year-old woman underwent surgery for an abdominal wall mass later confirmed to be a relapse of Stage I ovarian mucinous adenocarcinoma. The authors stress that caution should be observed during laparotomy to remove a malignant neoplasm in order to avoid parietal dissemination.
Baron
M A
MA
Department of Surgery, Henri Becquerel Center, Rouen, France.
Ladonne
J M
JM
Resch
B
B
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography