Subcutaneous needle-tract seeding after fine needle aspiration biopsy of pancreatic liver metastasis.
A case of subcutaneous neoplastic seeding after fine needle aspiration biopsy of a pancreatic liver metastasis is reported. Neoplastic seeding is a rare complication after fine needle biopsy (FNB). The seeding appeared 3 months after the biopsy with a subcutaneous hypoechoic nodule; diagnosis was confirmed by fine needle aspiration of the nodule. The neoplastic seeding did not change the outcome of the patient.
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Gastroenterology Unit-Ultrasonography Section 11, University of Naples, Naples, Italy. ilades@tiscalinet.it
Castellano
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Calandra
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Del Vecchio-Blanco
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*