Neoplastic seeding complicating percutaneous ethanol injection for treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.
The authors describe a case of subcutaneous neoplastic seeding in the abdominal wall in a 67-year-old man with posthepatitic liver cirrhosis complicated by a single nodule of well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma. He was treated with percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) performed under ultrasound guidance. The neoplastic seeding developed along the needle track used to carry out fine-needle biopsy and PEI and was diagnosed 6 months after the beginning of treatment.
Cedrone
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Department of Internal Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Rapaccini
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Pompili
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Grattagliano
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Aliotta
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Trombino
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D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*
D000431:Ethanol