Neoplastic seeding complicating percutaneous ethanol injection for treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

Radiology. 1992 Jun;183(3):787-8. doi: 10.1148/radiology.183.3.1316621.

Abstract

The authors describe a case of subcutaneous neoplastic seeding in the abdominal wall in a 67-year-old man with posthepatitic liver cirrhosis complicated by a single nodule of well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma. He was treated with percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) performed under ultrasound guidance. The neoplastic seeding developed along the needle track used to carry out fine-needle biopsy and PEI and was diagnosed 6 months after the beginning of treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Muscles / diagnostic imaging
  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / therapy*
  • Ethanol / administration & dosage*
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intralesional / adverse effects*
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Seeding*
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary / etiology*
  • Radiography
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Skin Neoplasms / etiology*

Substances

  • Ethanol