Implantation Metastasis After Percutaneous Transthoracic Fine Needle Biopsy of Lung Cancer: A Case Report.
10.3348/jkrs.1998.39.2.321
- Author:
Seong Ho PARK
1
;
Hyae Young KIM
;
Jung Gi IM
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Radiation Medicine.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lung, biopsy;
Biopsies, complications;
Lung neoplasms
- MeSH:
Biopsy, Fine-Needle*;
Humans;
Lung Neoplasms*;
Lung*;
Needles;
Neoplasm Metastasis*
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
1998;39(2):321-323
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
