Chest wall implantation metastasis caused by percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for hepatic tumor.
We report a very rare case of a 55-year-old man with chest wall metastatic tumor caused by seeding of hepatocellular carcinoma after percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for hepatic tumor 42 months after the initial operation. The patient was managed with aggressive full-thickness chest wall resection and reconstruction with a Prolene (Ethicon, Somerville, NJ) and methyl methacrylate sandwich graft and subsequent musculocutaneous free-flap transposition.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: dalokay7@yahoo.com.
Dalokay
D
Kilic
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Cagri
C
Uysal
Department of General Surgery, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Aydincan
A
Akdur
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Cagri
C
Kayipmaz
Department of Pathology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Merih
M
Tepeoglu
Department of Radiology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Fatih
F
Boyvat
D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D035441:Thoracic Wall