A Case of Needle Tract Seeding of Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Percutaneous Ethanol Injection Therapy; Needle Tract Seeding after Percutaneous Ethanol Injection Therapy.
- Author:
Sung Wuk SONG
1
;
So Young KWON
;
Yang Wook KANG
;
Jin Neyn KIM
;
Tae Hoon KIM
;
Myoung OH
;
Bong Ki CHUNG
;
Hye Seung YU
;
Hee Jin CHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, National Medical Center, Korea. turtlewook@yahoo.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Neoplasm/Liver/Hepatocellular carcinoma;
Ethanol;
Neoplasm recurrence
- MeSH:
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular*;
Ethanol*;
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Needles*;
Punctures;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:The Korean Journal of Hepatology
2001;7(3):325-329
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
