Open AccessSeeding of the Rectus Sheath with Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Image Guided Percutaneous Liver Biopsy Using Coaxial Biopsy Needle System
Author(s) -
Vladislav Tchatalbachev,
Daniel Kirkpatrick,
Deiter James Duff,
Mark D. Travis
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of radiology case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 1943-0922
DOI - 10.3941/jrcr.v9i1.1887
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , biopsy , radiology , percutaneous , complication , liver biopsy , carcinoma , rectus sheath , abdominal wall , surgery , pathology
Needle track seeding following image guided needle biopsy is a known but uncommon complication in the workup of hepatocellular carcinoma. We present the case of a 55 year-old male who was found to have a recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma in the rectus sheath five years following a CT guided biopsy with the biopsy needle passing through the anterior abdominal wall muscles.