Intraperitoneal mesh prosthesis metastasis from pancreatic cancer, after laparoscopic hernia repair

Introduction There are very few case reports of metastasis on a mesh prosthesis following laparoscopic hernia repair in the literature and its incidence is completely unknown.Case report A 76-year-old male patient presented in December 2013 with a suspicious malignant lesion of the pancreatic tail on the MRI. He was also complaining of a painful mass in the right para-rectal area. An exploratory laparoscopy performed in December 2013 revealed...