Abdominal wound metastasis after laparoscopic surgery of gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
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.
Kim
Min Dae
MD
Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Yangsan, Korea.
Kang
Dae Hwan
DH
Park
Jong Hwan
JH
Lee
Jin Ho
JH
Choi
Cheol Woong
CW
Kim
Do Hoon
DH
Kim
Hyung Wook
HW
Kim
Gwang Ha
GH