Port site recurrence after laparoscopic adrenalectomy for metastatic melanoma
Port site metastasis after adrenal surgery is a rare entity. We describe the case of a 70-year-old man with a solitary adrenal metastasis from malignant melanoma, which was laparoscopically removed. Twelve months later, he presented a recurrence near one of the laparoscopic port sites. This lesion w...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia
2003-12-01
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| author | Pedro Saraiva Henrique Rodrigues Paulo Rodrigues |
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| description | Port site metastasis after adrenal surgery is a rare entity. We describe the case of a 70-year-old man with a solitary adrenal metastasis from malignant melanoma, which was laparoscopically removed. Twelve months later, he presented a recurrence near one of the laparoscopic port sites. This lesion was surgically removed and after a 18-month follow-up, the patient presents no evidence of disease. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ca884fa513eb47fb9df31d048b1712be2022-12-22T02:44:48ZengSociedade Brasileira de UrologiaInternational Brazilian Journal of Urology1677-55381677-61192003-12-0129652052110.1590/S1677-55382003000600007Port site recurrence after laparoscopic adrenalectomy for metastatic melanomaPedro SaraivaHenrique RodriguesPaulo RodriguesPort site metastasis after adrenal surgery is a rare entity. We describe the case of a 70-year-old man with a solitary adrenal metastasis from malignant melanoma, which was laparoscopically removed. Twelve months later, he presented a recurrence near one of the laparoscopic port sites. This lesion was surgically removed and after a 18-month follow-up, the patient presents no evidence of disease.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382003000600007adrenal gland neoplasmslaparoscopymelanomametastasis |
| spellingShingle | Pedro Saraiva Henrique Rodrigues Paulo Rodrigues Port site recurrence after laparoscopic adrenalectomy for metastatic melanoma International Brazilian Journal of Urology adrenal gland neoplasms laparoscopy melanoma metastasis |
| title | Port site recurrence after laparoscopic adrenalectomy for metastatic melanoma |
| title_full | Port site recurrence after laparoscopic adrenalectomy for metastatic melanoma |
| title_fullStr | Port site recurrence after laparoscopic adrenalectomy for metastatic melanoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Port site recurrence after laparoscopic adrenalectomy for metastatic melanoma |
| title_short | Port site recurrence after laparoscopic adrenalectomy for metastatic melanoma |
| title_sort | port site recurrence after laparoscopic adrenalectomy for metastatic melanoma |
| topic | adrenal gland neoplasms laparoscopy melanoma metastasis |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382003000600007 |
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