Long-term follow-up after neoplastic seeding complicating percutaneous ethanol injection for treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Arrivé, L; Vurgait, A; Monnier-Cholley, L; Lewin, M; Balladur, P; Poupon, R; Tubiana, J M · Eur Radiol · 2002

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe a case of subcutaneous metastasis along the needle track after percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) for treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. After surgical resection and extrabeam radiation therapy the patient is alive without evidence of recurrence five years after PEI. One should pay attention to the abdominal wall around the needle track in interpreting CT or MR images of patients with previous PEI.

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