title: Hand port-site metastasis of renal-cell carcinoma following hand-assisted laparoscopic radical nephrectomy: case report.
abstract: A 66-year-old man underwent hand-assisted laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (HALN) for a 10 x 7-cm, stage T(2)N(0)M(0) right-sided renal-cell carcinoma. Nine months later, tumor recurrence was noted at the previous hand port site. This is the first case report of such a metastasis. Possible mechanisms for tumor metastasis are reviewed, and preventive strategies are suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, EnChu Kong Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yung-Tai
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Stephen Shei Dei
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Cheng-Hsing
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Chung-Cheng
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*