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- Title
Isolated port-site metastasis after surgical staging for low-risk endometrioid endometrial cancer: A case report.
- Authors
MAUTONE, DANIELE; DALL'ASTA, ANDREA; MONICA, MICHELA; GALLI, LETIZIA; CAPOZZI, VITO ANDREA; MARCHESI, FEDERICO; GIORDANO, GIOVANNA; BERRETTA, ROBERTO
- Abstract
Port-site metastases (PSMs) are well-known potential complications of laparoscopic surgery for gynaecologic malignancies. The present case study reports PSM following laparoscopic surgery for Stage IA Grade 1 endometrioid endometrial cancer (EEC). The recurrence developed within 7 months following primary surgery and required surgical excision followed by adjuvant chemo-radio therapy. After 9 months, the patient remains disease-free. PSMs are rare complications following laparoscopic surgery. Amongst the 23 cases of endometrial cancer PSMs reported so far, only 4 followed EEC Stage IA Grade 1-2. The present study reports a rare case of PSM after Stage IA Grade 1 EEC. The clinical and prognostic relevance of PSMs has not been identified so far; and it is not known whether PSMs represent a local recurrence or a systemic recurrence. Surgeons should be aware that even low-risk EEC may be followed by PSMs and should take steps to prevent these rare recurrences.
- Subjects
GYNECOLOGIC cancer; ENDOMETRIAL cancer; METASTASIS; LAPAROSCOPIC surgery; HEALTH outcome assessment
- Publication
Oncology Letters, 2016, Vol 12, Issue 1, p281
- ISSN
1792-1074
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.3892/ol.2016.4595