Port-site implantation after laparoscopic treatment of borderline ovarian tumors.
BACKGROUND
The aim of this article is to report 3 cases of port-site implantation after laparoscopic treatment of a borderline ovarian tumor.


METHODS
Three patients underwent a laparoscopic procedure for a serous (2 patients) or mucinous (1 patient) borderline ovarian tumor. In 2 patients, the port-site implantation was discovered during a later surgical procedure, and one was discovered clinically 11 months after the initial laparoscopic oophorectomy. Surgical resection of the port-site was the only treatment in all cases. These women are currently alive and disease-free 11, 23, and 51 months after the treatment of the scar metastasis.


CONCLUSIONS
These results suggest that, unlike port-site metastasis in other gynecologic malignancies, the prognosis in patients with a port-site implantation after laparoscopic management of borderline ovarian tumor is excellent. The treatment of this complication is surgical resection.
Morice
Philippe
P
Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France. morice@igr.fr
Camatte
Sophie
S
Larregain-Fournier
Dominique
D
Thoury
Anne
A
Duvillard
Pierre
P
Castaigne
Damienne
D
D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D018570:Risk Assessment