TY - JOUR T1 - Needle tract recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 301 LP - 301 DO - 10.1136/gut.47.2.301 VL - 47 IS - 2 AU - J DUMORTIER AU - C LOMBARD-BOHAS AU - P-J VALETTE AU - O BOILLOT AU - J DUMORTIER AU - O BOILLOT AU - J-Y SCOAZEC AU - F BERGER AU - S CLAUDEL-BONVOISIN Y1 - 2000/08/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/47/2/301.abstract N2 - Background—Percutaneous ultrasound guided needle aspiration biopsy is an efficient procedure for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, this procedure may be responsible for metastatic seeding in the needle tract.1 We present a case of metastatic subcutaneous seeding after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) for cirrhosis complicated by HCC. Case report—A 29 year old man with a past history of chronic hepatitis C and alcoholism was admitted in July 1987 for hepatocellular insufficiency. The diagnosis of cirrhosis was confirmed by liver biopsy. In February 1997, a 30 mm intrahepatic focal lesion was discovered at ultrasonographic … ER -