Korean J Hepatol.
2001 Sep;7(3):325-329.
A Case of Needle Tract Seeding of Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Percutaneous Ethanol Injection Therapy; Needle Tract Seeding after Percutaneous Ethanol Injection Therapy
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, National Medical Center, Korea. turtlewook@yahoo.co.kr
- 2Department of Pathology, National Medical Center, Korea.
Abstract
- The tumor seeding after percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) therapy has been considered to be a rare complication in hepatocellular carcinoma. We report a case of needle tract implantation of hepatocellular carcinoma following PEI manifested as subcutaneous nodule. A 57-years old male patient had been treated with PEI for hepatocellular carcinoma. Thirteen months after completion of the PEI session, a subcutaneous nodule was palpated at the site of the needle puncture. A CT scan showed that the subcutaneous nodule was 1.7 cm in size and enhanced in the early phase. The nodule was surgically removed. Microscopic examination showed hepatocellular carcinoma.
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