title: Papillary thyroid carcinoma metastasis most probably due to fine needle aspiration biopsy. A case report.
abstract: Implantation of cancer cells from needle biopsy has been reported in a wide range of malignancies. Fine needle aspiration biopsy has become an accepted method for assessment of thyroid nodules. Local reappearance of thyroid cancer from needle track dissemination is a rare complication of thyroid aspiration. A 45-year-old female developed local recurrence of papillary thyroid carcinoma four years after aspiration biopsy and thyroidectomy. Metastatic deposits appeared in the skin and the sternocleidomastoid muscle. The linear array and the site of metastases implied that seeding most probably resulted from the needle biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cytology, Regional Hospital of Chania, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Demetrio
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tamiolakis
authors.forename: Chara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Antoniou
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Venizelos
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lambropoulou
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alexiadis
authors.forename: Constantine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ekonomou
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tsiminikakis
authors.forename: Emmanouel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alifieris
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: Theodoros
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Konstandinidis
authors.forename: Constantine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kouskoukis
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000556:secondary*; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000556:secondary*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*