Seeding of osteosarcoma in the biopsy tract of a patient with multifocal osteosarcoma.
We report a case of multifocal osteosarcoma in a 7-year-old boy who developed iatrogenic seeding of tumor along the biopsy tract. The results of the plain radiograph, CT, and histopathological correlation are presented.
Iemsawatdikul
Kriengkrai
K
Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, CA 94143-0628, USA.
Gooding
Charles A
CA
Twomey
Elisabeth L
EL
Kim
Grace Eun Hye
GE
Goldsby
Robert E
RE
Cohen
Inbal
I
O'Donnell
Richard J
RJ
D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D018483:Diaphyses / Q000473:pathology; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000473:pathology; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006132:Growth Plate / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007085:Ilium / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology