Late appearance of perineal implantation of prostatic carcinoma after perineal needle biopsy.
A case is reported of a patient with carcinoma of the prostate and perineal tumor implant five years after perineal needle biopsy. This is the second case of the rare complication in which the implant appeared years after the biopsy. He was treated with wide excision of the tumor.
Greenstein
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Department of Urology, Ichilov Hospital, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Merimsky
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Baratz
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Braf
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D010502:Perineum / Q000473:pathology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*