Lung cancer seeding along needle track after CT guided transthoracic fine-needle aspiration biopsy - case report
Background: Transthoracic fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is an important diagnostic method in the evaluation of lung malignancies. The incidence of chest wall implantation metastases after FNAB is extremely rare. However, we report a case of cancer seeding along needle track after a CT-guided...
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| author | Igor Požek Aleš Rozman |
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| description | Background: Transthoracic fine needle aspiration
biopsy (FNAB) is an important diagnostic
method in the evaluation of lung malignancies.
The incidence of chest wall implantation metastases
after FNAB is extremely rare. However,
we report a case of cancer seeding along needle
track after a CT-guided transthoracic FNAB.
Case report: We diagnosed squamous cell carcinoma
of the lung, stage T3N0 in a 71-year old
male, ex-smoker, by transthoracic FNAB. A
small metastasis was discovered in the left humerus
after PET-CT. The patient was treated by
chemotherapy and irradiation of bone metastasis.
Four months after initial evaluation we repeated
CT scan of the thorax. A tumour progression
with tumour growth from the primary site
was found in the left upper lobe to the pectoral
muscle along the needle biopsy track.
Conclusions: Although the frequency of chestwall
implantation metastasis after transthoracic
FNAB of lung malignancies is very rare, attentive
follow up is recommended. Early intervention
with resection and irradiation is often curative in
previously radically treated patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8824a3cb601a448fae0f7abf6794dc7c2022-12-22T00:25:07ZengSlovenian Medical AssociationZdravniški Vestnik1318-03471581-02242010-09-01799185Lung cancer seeding along needle track after CT guided transthoracic fine-needle aspiration biopsy - case reportIgor PožekAleš RozmanBackground: Transthoracic fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is an important diagnostic method in the evaluation of lung malignancies. The incidence of chest wall implantation metastases after FNAB is extremely rare. However, we report a case of cancer seeding along needle track after a CT-guided transthoracic FNAB. Case report: We diagnosed squamous cell carcinoma of the lung, stage T3N0 in a 71-year old male, ex-smoker, by transthoracic FNAB. A small metastasis was discovered in the left humerus after PET-CT. The patient was treated by chemotherapy and irradiation of bone metastasis. Four months after initial evaluation we repeated CT scan of the thorax. A tumour progression with tumour growth from the primary site was found in the left upper lobe to the pectoral muscle along the needle biopsy track. Conclusions: Although the frequency of chestwall implantation metastasis after transthoracic FNAB of lung malignancies is very rare, attentive follow up is recommended. Early intervention with resection and irradiation is often curative in previously radically treated patients.http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/293 |
| spellingShingle | Igor Požek Aleš Rozman Lung cancer seeding along needle track after CT guided transthoracic fine-needle aspiration biopsy - case report Zdravniški Vestnik |
| title | Lung cancer seeding along needle track after CT guided transthoracic fine-needle aspiration biopsy - case report |
| title_full | Lung cancer seeding along needle track after CT guided transthoracic fine-needle aspiration biopsy - case report |
| title_fullStr | Lung cancer seeding along needle track after CT guided transthoracic fine-needle aspiration biopsy - case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lung cancer seeding along needle track after CT guided transthoracic fine-needle aspiration biopsy - case report |
| title_short | Lung cancer seeding along needle track after CT guided transthoracic fine-needle aspiration biopsy - case report |
| title_sort | lung cancer seeding along needle track after ct guided transthoracic fine needle aspiration biopsy case report |
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