Subcutaneous Metastasis at the PTBD Catheter Insertion Site in Bile-duct Carcinomas: Report of two cases.
- Author:
Dong Pyo LIM
1
;
Won Hoe KOO
;
Jung Ho ROH
;
Chol Kyoon CHO
;
Hyun Jong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
PTBD;
Subcutaneous metastasis;
Bile-duct cancer
- MeSH:
Bezafibrate;
Catheters*;
Drainage;
Humans;
Jaundice, Obstructive;
Mortality;
Neoplasm Metastasis*
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2000;59(2):281-285
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) is the basis for most biliary interventional pro cedures, and the application of preoperative PTBD to patients who have malignant obstructive jaundice has a significant effect on overall morbidity, mortality, and patient survival by allowing selective application of the most appropriate therapeutic modality. There are few case reports on subcutaneous metastasis of bile-duct cancer. We recently observed a subcutaneous metastasis at the catheter insertion site after PTBD in two patients with bile-duct cancer. Although tumor-cell seeding along the catheter tract is a very rare complication, we think that PTBD requires more attention when a curative resection is planned.
