[Puncture track metastasis after ultrasound-guided fine-needle puncture biopsy. A rare complication?].
Bilaterally enlarged adrenals were diagnosed by ultrasonography in a 57-year-old man with a potentially resectable adenocarcinoma of the lung. Ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy of the left adrenal revealed a metastasis, proven cytologically. Chemotherapy was tried but failed to influence tumour growth. Three months later a painful subcutaneous nodule was noted in the area of the previous needle puncture, which on removal proved to be a skin metastasis. The patient died later from the underlying tumour.
Medizinische Klinik, Universität Würzburg.
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D014463:Ultrasonography
Stichkanalmetastasierung nach ultraschallgezielter Feinnadelpunktion. Eine seltene Komplikation?