Neoplastic seeding complicating percutaneous ethanol injection for treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Cedrone, A; Rapaccini, G L; Pompili, M; Grattagliano, A; Aliotta, A; Trombino, C · Radiology · 1992

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

The authors describe a case of subcutaneous neoplastic seeding in the abdominal wall in a 67-year-old man with posthepatitic liver cirrhosis complicated by a single nodule of well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma. He was treated with percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) performed under ultrasound guidance. The neoplastic seeding developed along the needle track used to carry out fine-needle biopsy and PEI and was diagnosed 6 months after the beginning of treatment.

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