title: Abdominal wound metastasis after laparoscopic surgery of gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
abstract: Surgical resection is the mainstay treatment for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). Laparoscopic surgery can be considered for treating these tumors since their biologic behavior lends them to curative resection without requiring large margins or extensive lymphadenectomy. Despite complete resection, GISTs frequently recur specifically in the liver and peritoneum. Although they occur in other upper gastrointestinal malignancies, recurrences of GISTs at the port sites after laparoscopic surgery have rarely been reported. We describe here a patient with abdominal wound metastasis after laparoscopic surgery for GIST.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Yangsan, Korea.
authors.forename: Min Dae
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dae Hwan
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Jong Hwan
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jin Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Cheol Woong
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Do Hoon
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyung Wook
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Gwang Ha
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Kim