Undifferentiated Carcinoma After Laparoscopic Surgery for a Cystic Ovarian Tumour: A Case Study

Laparoscopic surgery for malignant tumours occasionally results in recurrence at the trocar insertion site or port-site metastasis (PSM). We report on a patient requiring emergency laparoscopic surgery for an ovarian tumour with a review of the relevant literature. A 42-year-old woman developed sudd...

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Published inCancer diagnosis & prognosis Vol. 1; no. 5; pp. 499 - 505
Main Authors Shigematsu, Kosuke, Samejima, Koki, Sawada, Keisuke, Uotani, Takahiro, Akahori, Taichi, Matsunaga, Shigetaka, Nagai, Tomonori, Tamaru, Jun-Ichi, Takai, Yasushi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Greece International Institute of Anticancer Research 03.11.2021
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Summary:Laparoscopic surgery for malignant tumours occasionally results in recurrence at the trocar insertion site or port-site metastasis (PSM). We report on a patient requiring emergency laparoscopic surgery for an ovarian tumour with a review of the relevant literature. A 42-year-old woman developed sudden abdominal pain and underwent laparoscopic right adnexectomy because of a suspected ovarian cystic tumour rupture. The postoperative histological diagnosis was a mucinous borderline ovarian tumour; however, an undifferentiated carcinoma was detected at the port site eight months after the initial surgery. The histopathological diagnosis of the abdominal wall tumour at the port site differed from intraoperative pathological findings, which was contradictory to PSM definition. Postoperatively, she received three systemic chemotherapy courses but died consequent to tumour metastasis. This is an atypical PSM case with histopathological differences from the initial tumour. Careful preoperative diagnosis and intraoperative attention are essential in such cases.
ISSN:2732-7787
2732-7787
DOI:10.21873/cdp.10067