A Case of Needle Tract Seeding of Hepatocllular Carcinoma after Percutaneous Ethanol Injection Therapy ; Needle Tract Seeding after Percutaneous Ethanol Injection Therapy

Korean J Hepatol > Volume 7(3); 2001 > Article

The Korean Journal of Hepatology 2001;7(3): 325-329.

경피적 에탄올 주입요법 후 천자침 경로를 통한 종양전파를 보인 간세포암종 1 예 ( A Case of Needle Tract Seeding of Hepatocllular Carcinoma after Percutaneous Ethanol Injection Therapy ; Needle Tract Seeding after Percutaneous Ethanol Injection Therapy )

A Case of Needle Tract Seeding of Hepatocllular Carcinoma after Percutaneous Ethanol Injection Therapy ; Needle Tract Seeding after Percutaneous Ethanol Injection Therapy

Sung Wuk Song, M.D., So Young Kwon, M.D., Yang Wook Kang, M.D., Jin Neyn Kim, M.D., Tae Hoon Kim, M.D., Myoung Oh, M.D., Bong Ki Chung, M.D., Hye Seung Yu, M.D., and Hee Jin Chang, M.D.*

Department of Internal Medicine, Pathology*, National Medical Center

ABSTRACT

The tumor seeding after percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) therapy has been considered to be a rare complication in hepatocellular carcinoma. We report a case of needle tract implantation of hepatocellular carcinoma following PEI manifested as subcutaneous nodule. A 57-years old male patient had been treated with PEI for hepatocellular carcinoma. Thirteen months after completion of the PEI session, a subcutaneous nodule was palpated at the site of the needle puncture. A CT scan showed that the subcutaneous nodule was 1.7 cm in size and enhanced in the early phase. The nodule was surgieally removed. Microscopic examination showed hepatocellular carcinoma. (Korean J Hcpatol 2001;7:325 329)

KeyWords: Neoplasm/Liver/Hepatocellular carcinoma, Ethanol, Neoplasm recurrence