Late‐type port‐site recurrence of unexpected gallbladder carcinoma 11 years after laparoscopic cholecystectomy |
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Authors: | Eiji Tsujita Yasuharu Ikeda Nao Kinjo Ippei Uezu Junko Matsuyama Hiroyuki Kawano Shohei Yamaguchi Akinori Egashira Kazuhito Minami Manabu Yamamoto Reiko Kumagai Kenichi Taguchi Masaru Morita Yasushi Toh Takeshi Okamura |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, National Kyushu Cancer Center, , Fukuoka, Japan;2. Department of Pathology, National Kyushu Cancer Center, , Fukuoka, Japan |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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Keywords: | Gallbladder cancer laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) port‐site recurrence |
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