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Port site metastasis as a complication of thoracoscopic metastatectomy
E L Mutsaerts1, F A Zoetmulder, E J Rutgers
1Department of Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ziekenhuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. emutsaerts@hotmail.com
Abstract:
We report a case of port site recurrence after thoracoscopic resection of pulmonary metastasis from an adenocarcinoma of the rectum. This case stresses the importance of careful manipulation and concealed removal of malignant pulmonary lesions if the minimal invasive technique is applied.