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Late‐type port‐site recurrence of unexpected gallbladder carcinoma 11 years after laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Author(s) -
Tsujita Eiji,
Ikeda Yasuharu,
Kinjo Nao,
Uezu Ippei,
Matsuyama Junko,
Kawano Hiroyuki,
Yamaguchi Shohei,
Egashira Akinori,
Minami Kazuhito,
Yamamoto Manabu,
Kumagai Reiko,
Taguchi Kenichi,
Morita Masaru,
Toh Yasushi,
Okamura Takeshi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian journal of endoscopic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1758-5910
pISSN - 1758-5902
DOI - 10.1111/ases.12125
Subject(s) - medicine , cholecystectomy , gallbladder , laparoscopic cholecystectomy , dissection (medical) , surgery , general surgery , gallbladder cancer , cholecystitis , lymph node , carcinoma , cancer
A 55‐year‐old man had laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis and unexpected gallbladder cancer, followed by a liver bed resection and lymph node dissection. Eleven years later, he had a port‐site recurrence of gallbladder cancer requiring resection; at that time, no other site of recurrence was observed. The patient has survived for 20 months without another recurrence. Although a rare finding, clinicians should be alert to the possibility of such a recurrence even 11 years after complete cure of the primary tumor, particularly in patients who have undergone laparoscopic cholecystectomy for unexpected gallbladder cancer.