Needle tract seeding following percutaneous biopsy of renal cell carcinoma.
10.4111/kju.2015.56.9.666
- Author:
Dwayne T S CHANG
1
;
Hariom SUR
;
Mikhail LOZINSKIY
;
David M A WALLACE
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Rockingham General Hospital, Perth, Australia. Dwayne.Chang@health.wa.gov.au
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Biopsy;
Carcinoma;
Histology;
Neoplasm seeding
- MeSH:
Adipose Tissue/*pathology;
Aged;
Biopsy, Needle/*adverse effects;
Carcinoma, Renal Cell/*secondary/surgery;
Humans;
Image-Guided Biopsy/adverse effects;
Kidney/*pathology;
Kidney Neoplasms/*pathology/surgery;
Male;
*Neoplasm Seeding;
Soft Tissue Neoplasms/*secondary
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
2015;56(9):666-669
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 66-year-old man underwent computed tomography-guided needle biopsy of a suspicious renal mass. Two months later he underwent partial nephrectomy. Histology revealed a 30-mm clear cell renal cell carcinoma, up to Fuhrman grade 3. An area of the capsule was interrupted, which corresponded to a hemorrhagic area on the cortical surface. Under microscopy, this area showed a tongue of tumor tissue protruding through the renal capsule. A tumor deposit was found in the perinephric fat. These features suggest that tumor seeding may have occurred during the needle biopsy.
