J Korean Radiol Soc.  1998 Aug;39(2):321-323. 10.3348/jkrs.1998.39.2.321.

Implantation Metastasis After Percutaneous Transthoracic Fine Needle Biopsy of Lung Cancer: A Case Report

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  • 1Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Radiation Medicine.

Abstract

Percutaneous transthoracic fine needle aspiration(PCNA) and biopsy(PCNB) are well-accepted methods for thediagnosis of various intrathoracic lesions. Implantation of cancer cells along the needle tract is one of therarest complications of these techniques, but was found along the needle tract in a patient who underwent PCNB forlung cancer.

Keyword

Lung, biopsy; Biopsies, complications; Lung neoplasms

MeSH Terms

Biopsy, Fine-Needle*
Humans
Lung Neoplasms*
Lung*
Needles
Neoplasm Metastasis*
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