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- Title
Laparoscopic approach for port site mass diagnosed as a Schloffer tumor following surgery of ascending colon cancer.
- Authors
Mitsuyoshi, Masahiro; Nagata, Jun; Akiyama, Yasuki; Yamauchi, Masumi; Sannomiya, Hiroto; Kohi, Shiro; Tanoue, Takayuki; Mori, Yasuhisa; Sato, Nagahiro; Tamura, Toshihisa; Inoue, Yuzuru; Sato, Norihiro; Shibao, Kazunori; Hirata, Keiji
- Abstract
Schloffer tumor is a foreign body granuloma that develops in the subcutaneous layer of the abdomen over several months to several years after surgery due to sutures. Here, we performed a laparoscopic resection for a benign Schloffer tumor that showed positive F‐18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) at the port site of a laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for advanced colon cancer. We report a case in which systemic chemotherapy was avoided as a result of the histological examination following the laparoscopic approach. A 66‐year‐old female, who underwent laparoscopic right hemi colectomy for stage IIIA ascending colon cancer, was revealed an enhanced mass at the right side of the abdominal subcutaneous layer. PET examination showed a high accumulation of FDG. Laparoscopic tumor resection was performed. Pathological findings reported the formation identical to the Schloffer tumor. Schloffer tumor, which is rare, should be considered as one of the differential diagnoses for tumor with FDG‐PET positivity at the port site during the postoperative surveillance period of colorectal cancer.
- Subjects
RIGHT hemicolectomy; TUMOR surgery; COLON cancer; LAPAROSCOPIC surgery; POSITRON emission tomography; CANCER chemotherapy
- Publication
Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery, 2024, Vol 17, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1758-5902
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1111/ases.13267