title: Seeding of osteosarcoma in the biopsy tract of a patient with multifocal osteosarcoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, CA 94143-0628, USA.
authors.forename: Kriengkrai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iemsawatdikul
authors.forename: Charles A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Gooding
authors.forename: Elisabeth L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Twomey
authors.forename: Grace Eun Hye
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Goldsby
authors.forename: Inbal
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
mesh_terms: 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