Retroperitoneal and cutaneous dissemination of cervical carcinoma occu
rred following an extraperitoneal surgical staging procedure. This typ
e of event may be rare or merely underreported in surgical staging lit
erature. Extraperitoneal and laparoscopic staging procedures that resu
lt in piecemeal removal of tissue should be studied for the incidence
of this type of recurrence. (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc.