J Korean Radiol Soc.  2008 Oct;59(4):275-278. 10.3348/jkrs.2008.59.4.275.

Track Seeding in a Breast Cancer Patient after a 14-Gauge Core Needle Biopsy: A Case Report

• Kim SW
• Ko ES
• Lee BH
• Kim KH

• KMID: 1748449
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.2008.59.4.275

Abstract

US-guided large-gauge core needle biopsy has replaced fine-needle aspiration and excisional biopsy for sampling suspicious breast lesions. The core needle biopsy has many advantages: it is relatively simple, it can be done with local anesthesia, it enables accurate targeting under sonographic guidance and it leaves no scar. However, one rare disadvantage of this technique is the possible seeding of malignant cells along the needle track. We report here on a case of gross track seeding in a 76-year-old woman, and this was observed 70 days after performing a 14-gauge core needle biopsy.

Keyword

Breast neoplasms; Biopsy; Needle; Neoplasm seeding

MeSH Terms

Aged
Anesthesia, Local
Biopsy
Biopsy, Fine-Needle
Biopsy, Large-Core Needle
Breast
Breast Neoplasms
Cicatrix
Female
Humans
Needles
Neoplasm Seeding
Seeds
Track and Field