Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  1997 Apr;30(4):445-448.

Chest Wall Implantation of Lung Cancer After Percutaneous Fine Needle Biopsy: A Case Report

• Sim SB
• Lee SH
• Kwon JB
• Kwak MS
• Kim SW

Abstract

Percutaneous transthoracic fine needle biopsy has been widely used In the diagnosis of pulmonary lesions especially lung cancer. Onc of the rarest complication's is that malignant cells are implanted within the needle tract and developed a chest wall mass subsequently. Wc expcrlenccd a case of chest wall implantatio of lung cancer after percutaneous transthoracic floe needle biopsy. A 65-ycar old man had undergone bilobectomy (right upper lobe and right middle lobe)for squamous cell carcinoma (T2N0M0) of the lung. 60 days after percutaneous biopsy (48 days after operation), a tiny nodule (1 mm sized) was notcd at the right anterior chcst wall where the diagnostic fine needle biopsy had been performed before operation. This tiny mass was rapidly growing to 1.5 cm sized mass for 20 days. We carried out wide excision of chest wall mass and skin grafting, and confirmed squamous cell carcinoma histopathologically as same as the lung cancer.

Keyword

neoplasm metastasis; biopsy; chest wall

MeSH Terms

Biopsy
Biopsy, Fine-Needle*
Biopsy, Needle
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Diagnosis
Lung Neoplasms*
Lung*
Needles
Neoplasm Metastasis
Skin Transplantation
Thoracic Wall*
Thorax*