Intrapulmonary recurrence after computed tomography-guided percutaneous needle biopsy of stage I lung cancer

Young-Du Kim; Bae Young Lee; Ki-Ouk Min; Chi Kyung Kim; Seok-Whan Moon

doi:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.06.32

Intrapulmonary recurrence after computed tomography-guided percutaneous needle biopsy of stage I lung cancer

J Thorac Dis. 2014 Jul;6(7):1004-6. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.06.32.

Authors

Young-Du Kim¹, Bae Young Lee¹, Ki-Ouk Min¹, Chi Kyung Kim¹, Seok-Whan Moon¹

Affiliation

¹ 1 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2 Department of Radiology, 3 Department of Hospital Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

PMID: 25093099
PMCID: PMC4120183
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.06.32

Abstract

Tumor seeding, along the needle tract after percutaneous needle biopsy, is a rare condition and most of the reported cases are implantation metastasis, which occurred in the chest wall or the pleura. We present a case of implantation metastasis that occurred in the pulmonary parenchyma, after a computed tomography-guided percutaneous needle biopsy (CT-PNB) of stage I lung cancer.

Keywords: Computed tomography (CT); biopsy; lung cancer; recurrence.