title: Pancreatic cancer seeding of percutaneous needle tract.
abstract: A 65-year old African-American female presents with biliary ductal dilatation due to an obstructive pancreatic head mass. Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram performed and biliary drainage catheter placement for decompression of the biliary system. The patient had a Whipple procedure performed several months later. On follow up CT imaging, there was interval development and enlargement of a subcutaneous lesion by the right oblique muscles. Biopsy of this lesion revealed pancreatic adenocarcinoma from percutaneous seeding of the transhepatic needle tract.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 6800 Gresham Dr, Norfolk, VA 23510, USA.
authors.forename: Qiao
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 6800 Gresham Dr, Norfolk, VA 23510, USA.
authors.forename: Shashi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murthy
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 6800 Gresham Dr, Norfolk, VA 23510, USA.
authors.forename: Harlan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vingan
keywords: Biliary drainage; Pancreatic cancer; Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram; Seeding