Subcutaneous seeding after percutaneous ethanol injection of liver metastasis.
A 72-year-old cirrhotic woman underwent percutaneous ethanol injection treatment of a liver metastasis of unknown origin. A subcutaneous metastasis developed at the site of the punctures. Needle track seeding is a rare complication of fine-needle biopsy but has never--to the authors' knowledge--been reported after percutaneous ethanol injection. The possible causes of this complication are discussed.
Goletti
O
O
Department of Emergency Surgery, University of Pisa, Italy.
De Negri
F
F
Pucciarelli
M
M
Sidoti
F
F
Bertolucci
A
A
Chiarugi
M
M
Seccia
M
M
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000209:etiology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*
D000431:Ethanol