Port site metastases after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for an unexpected gallbladder carcinoma.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a proven, well-accepted surgical technique for removing the diseased gallbladder and has rapidly become the surgical procedure of choice over conventional open cholecystectomy. Radiologists must be aware of the possibility of inadvertent dissemination of incidental gallbladder cancer during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. We report a case of this unusual complication: a patient with port site metastases after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for an unexpected gallbladder carcinoma at an early stage.

[Inguinal bladder hernia in the adult].

Objective: To describe four additional cases of adult inguinal bladder hernia.

Methods: From 1986 to 1998, four cases of bladder inguinal herniation were diagnosed at our services. The etiology, diagnosis, treatment, associated conditions and complications are presented.