Laparotomy wound and anastomotic recurrences after resection for cecum cancer: a case report.
We report herein the case of a 46-year-old man who developed recurrences in both the incisional laparotomy wound of the abdominal wall and the stapled anastomotic site following ileo-colonic resection for cecum cancer. The patient had initially undergone laparoscopic surgery but had converted to conventional open surgery. Intestinal reconstruction had been performed by stapled functional end-to-end anastomosis between the ileum and ascending colon. The implantation of exfoliated cancer cells during the operation may have caused recurrence.
Nakagoe
Tohru
T
First Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Sakamoto, Japan. nakagoe@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Sawai
Terumitsu
T
Tsuji
Takashi
T
Tanaka
Kenji
K
Nanashima
Atushi
A
Shibasaki
Shin-ichi
S
Yamaguchi
Hiroyuki
H
Yasutake
Tohru
T
Ayabe
Yoshihiro
Y
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D012008:Recurrence; D013528:Surgical Staplers; D017792:Surgical Stapling