Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in gallbladder carcinoma: risk of tumor cell seeding

Hentsch, S.; Senkal, M.; Ernst, R.; Junker, K.

Zentralblatt für Chirurgie 120(12): 974-976

1995


ISSN/ISBN: 0044-409X
PMID: 8585349
Document Number: 453621
The laparoscopic cholecystectomy of gall bladder carcinoma may have unfortunate consequences because of tumor cell dissemination. In this case report a female patient is presented, where histologically a gallbladder carcinoma was surprisingly diagnosed after laparoscopic cholecystectomy because of symptomatic cholecystectomy. 2 weeks after the first operation tumor cell clusters were found in the laparoscopy tracts.

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