ImplantationTumours at Surgical Incision Scars

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Swellings in and around the surgical incision scars can pose a diagnostic dilemma to the surgeon. Both benign and malignant tumors can occur at surgical incision scars as a result of direct implantation during previous surgical procedure and can present over a variable time period post surgery. Such tumors can present as an unexpected cause of chronic abdominal pain or as a growing mass in or near a surgical scar. Abdominal wall endometriosis at surgical site is a relatively rare presentation which can present as a lump. Incisional scar recurrence of cervical carcinoma is another rare presentation in the form of a lump at previous surgical scar site.