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Intraperitoneal migrating mesh plug wrongfully taken for right colon cancer: A case report
A Haddad1, D Bel Haj Yahia1, Y Chaker1
1Surgery department A, Rabta Hospital, Rue Jbel Lakhdar, La Rabta Jebbari 1007, Tunis, Tunisia; The Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
Background:
The use of mesh has become nowadays a standard for hernia repairs. It allows a tension-free hernioplasty and has shown that it is an effective way to prevent recurrences. But complications have been described. Intraperitoneal migration of mesh plug is an uncommon complication.
Case Report:
In this paper we report a case of a 57 year old male who has been operated on 12 years ago, he had a mesh plug repair for a ventral incisional hernia. The mesh migrated into the abdominal cavity and it was wrongfully taken for a locally advanced right colon cancer. Colonoscopy was done and biopsies were taken, but the results were not conclusive. He was operated on. We found the mesh that had migrated and eroded the hepatic flexure. There was a granulation tissue that also included some of the small intestine. There was also an abscess in the abdominal wall. He had an en-bloc resection of a part of the abdominal wall, small intestine and right colon.
Conclusion:
Mesh hernioplasty is a frequent, simple and effective procedure with a low recurrence rate but it can be associated to serious complications such as mesh migration.
