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Abdominal wall port site metastasis after robotically staged endometrial carcinoma: A case report
My-Linh T Nguyen1, Jaclyn Friedman, Tana S Pradhan
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Westchester Medical Center of New York Medical College, United States.
Introduction:
The incidence of port-site metastasis following robotic-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy is unknown.
Presentation Of Case:
We present a case of a 78-year-old female diagnosed with an incidental grade 3 endometrial adenocarcinoma on a final hysterectomy specimen. She subsequently underwent a robotic staging surgery with a gynecologic oncologist where nodal pathology was found to be negative; her final stage was 1B. One year following diagnosis, she developed a recurrence on her abdominal wall at the former port-sites with concomitant vaginal cuff recurrence.
Discussion:
We hypothesize possible modes of metastasis and present limited published data to date on port site metastasis following robotic hysterectomy for endometrial cancer.
Conclusion:
This is the second reported case of port-site metastasis following robotic surgery for endometrial cancer.
