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Abdominal wall metastasis from ovarian cancer after laparotomy. A case report

  • M.A. Baron1,*,
  • J.M. Ladonne1
  • B. Resch1

1Department of Surgery, Henri Becquerel Center Rouen, France

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo200206561 Vol.23,Issue 6,November 2002 pp.561-562

Published: 10 November 2002

*Corresponding Author(s): M.A. Baron E-mail:

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Abstract

A 27-year-old woman underwent surgery for an abdominal wall mass later confirmed to be a relapse of Stage I ovarian mucinous adenocarcinoma. The authors stress that caution should be observed during laparotomy to remove a malignant neoplasm in order to avoid parietal dissemination.

Keywords

Ovarian cancer; Laparotomy; Abdominal wall metastasis

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M.A. Baron,J.M. Ladonne,B. Resch. Abdominal wall metastasis from ovarian cancer after laparotomy. A case report. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2002. 23(6);561-562.

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