Umbilical metastasis after laparoscopic retroperitoneal paraaortic lymphadenectomy for cervical cancer: a true port-site metastasis?

• Published in: Gynecologic oncology Vol. 97; no. 1; pp. 292 - 295
• Main Authors: Martínez-Palones, José M., Gil-Moreno, Antonio, Pérez-Benavente, María A., Garcia-Giménez, A., Xercavins, Jordi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2005
• Subjects: Abdominal Neoplasms - secondary; Adenocarcinoma - pathology; Adenocarcinoma - secondary; Adenocarcinoma - surgery; Angiogenesis; Cervical carcinoma; Female; Humans; Laparoscopy - adverse effects; Lymph Node Excision - adverse effects; Lymph Nodes - pathology; Lymph Nodes - surgery; Lymphatic Metastasis; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Seeding; Paraaortic lymphadenectomy; Port-site metastasis; Retroperitoneal laparoscopy; Retroperitoneal Space; Umbilicus - pathology; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - pathology; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - surgery; Angiogenesis; Paraaortic lymphadenectomy; Cervical carcinoma; Port-site metastasis; Retroperitoneal laparoscopy

We present a case of umbilical metastasis after laparoscopic retroperitoneal paraaortic lymphadenectomy for cervical cancer. A 59-year-old woman with stage IIIB cervical adenocarcinoma underwent laparoscopic paraaortic lymphadenectomy as well as a conventional laparoscopy to assess the presence of p...