title: Unusual presentation; seeding of tumor after biopsy for hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: Hepatocellular cancer is one of the most common and fatal cancer tumor worldwide. However, the obtained results are questionable in terms of medical treatment of hepatocellular cancer. The muscle, soft tissue and cutaneous metastases of hepatocellular cancer, for instance, are rare and may result from interventional procedures. Seeding of tumor along the biopsy needle upon percutaneous biopsy is a very rare phenomenon. We report a very rare case of a 79 -year- old man, known to be hepatitis C virus carrier with a metastatic tumor in abdominal wall caused by seeding of tumor after three years following a percutaneous biopsy procedure. Even years later, after a biopsy procedure for diagnostic purposes and may be soft tissue metastases. This complication is a very rare condition that should not be ignored but can be observed. The biopsy requirement should be questioned closely and avoided unnecessary biopsy procedures.
authors.affiliation: Asude Aksoy, Medical Oncology Division, Firat University, Medical Faculty, Elazig, Turkey.
authors.forename: Asude
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.affiliation: Koray Karabulut, Division of General Surgery, Firat University, Medical Faculty, Elazig, Turkey.
authors.forename: Koray
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karabulut
authors.affiliation: Hakan Artas, Division of Radiology, Firat University, Medical Faculty, Elazig, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Artas
authors.affiliation: Ahmet Kilicarslan, Harput State Hospital, Division of Pathology, Elazig, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kilicarslan
authors.affiliation: Sertac Usta, Division of General Surgery, Firat University, Medical Faculty, Elazig, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sertac
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Usta
authors.affiliation: Ibrahim Halil Bahcecioglu, Division of Gastroenterology, Firat University, Medical Faculty, Elazig, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ibrahim Halil
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Bahcecioglu
keywords: Biopsy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Seeding