SUBCUTANEOUS PERIUMBILICAL METASTASIS OF A GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Authors
BAER HU METZGER A GLATTLI A KLAIBER C RUCHTI C CZERNIAK A
Citation
Hu. Baer et al., SUBCUTANEOUS PERIUMBILICAL METASTASIS OF A GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY, Surgical laparoscopy & endoscopy, 5(1), 1995, pp. 59-63
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Surgical laparoscopy & endoscopy → ACNP
ISSN journal
10517200
Volume
5
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
59 - 63
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-7200(1995)5:1<59:SPMOAG>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The frequency of gallbladder carcinoma is 1.2 to 7.4% of all cholecyst ectomy specimens. In open cholecystectomy for gallstone disease, undet ected gallbladder carcinoma is found postoperatively in the histologic al examination in 0.3%. Tumor cells of these clinically inapparent gal lbladder carcinomas can be implanted at the trocar sites during laparo scopic cholecystectomies. We report a case with subcutaneous tumor see ding at the navel trocar insertion site in a 65-year-old woman.