title: Late-type port-site recurrence of unexpected gallbladder carcinoma 11 years after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
abstract: A 55-year-old man had laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis and unexpected gallbladder cancer, followed by a liver bed resection and lymph node dissection. Eleven years later, he had a port-site recurrence of gallbladder cancer requiring resection; at that time, no other site of recurrence was observed. The patient has survived for 20 months without another recurrence. Although a rare finding, clinicians should be alert to the possibility of such a recurrence even 11 years after complete cure of the primary tumor, particularly in patients who have undergone laparoscopic cholecystectomy for unexpected gallbladder cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, National Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tsujita
authors.forename: Yasuharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Nao
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kinjo
authors.forename: Ippei
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Uezu
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matsuyama
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Shohei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Akinori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Egashira
authors.forename: Kazuhito
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumagai
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Toh
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamura
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Gallbladder cancer; laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC); port-site recurrence