Laparotomy wound and anastomotic recurrences after resection for cecum cancer: a case report

Hepatogastroenterology. 2007 Oct-Nov;54(79):2037-9.

Abstract

We report herein the case of a 46-year-old man who developed recurrences in both the incisional laparotomy wound of the abdominal wall and the stapled anastomotic site following ileo-colonic resection for cecum cancer. The patient had initially undergone laparoscopic surgery but had converted to conventional open surgery. Intestinal reconstruction had been performed by stapled functional end-to-end anastomosis between the ileum and ascending colon. The implantation of exfoliated cancer cells during the operation may have caused recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery*
  • Anastomosis, Surgical
  • Cecal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Cecal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Laparotomy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / etiology*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
  • Neoplasm Seeding
  • Recurrence
  • Surgical Staplers
  • Surgical Stapling