Chest wall dissemination of nocardiosis after percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy.
We described a case of chest wall dissemination after percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy. A 65-year-old man had a lung nodule which was suspected to be lung carcinoma. He underwent percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy using an 18G semiautomated biopsy needle and pathologic diagnosis showed organizing pneumonia. Two months after the biopsy, chest wall dissemination occurred. Implantation of carcinoma along the biopsy route was suspected, but the mass was actually due to pulmonary nocardiosis.
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Achi Cancer Center, Nagoya, Japan. hshima@k8.dion.ne.jp
Hiroshi
H
Shimamoto
Yoshitaka
Y
Inaba
Hidekazu
H
Yamaura
Yozo
Y
Sato
Mika
M
Kamiya
Masaya
M
Miyazaki
Yasuaki
Y
Arai
Yoshitsugu
Y
Horio
D000038:Abscess / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission*; D009616:Nocardia asteroides; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission*; D035441:Thoracic Wall; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed