Author/Editor     Tamiolakis, D; Antoniou, C; Venizelos, J; Lambropoulou, M; Alexiadis, G; Ekonomou, C; Tsiminikakis, N; Alifieris, E; Papadopoulos, N; Konstandinidis, T
Title     Papillary thyroid carcinoma metastasis most probably due to fine needle aspiration biopsy: a case report
Type     članek
Source     Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Pannon Adriat
Vol. and No.     Letnik 15, št. 4
Publication year     2006
Volume     str. 169-72
Language     eng
Abstract     Implantation of cancer cells from needle biopsy has been reported in a wide range of malignancies. Fine needle aspiration biopsy has become an accepted method for assessment of thyroid nodules. Local reappearance of thyroid cancer from needle track dissemination is a rare complication of thyroid aspiration. A 45-year-old female developed local recurrence of papillary thyroid carcinoma four years after aspiration biopsy and thyroidectomy. Metastatic deposits appeared in the skin and the sternocleidomastoid muscle. The linear array and the site of metastases implied that seeding most probably resulted from the needle biopsy.
Descriptors     THYROID NEOPLASMS
CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY
NEOPLASM SEEDING
BIOPSY, NEEDLE
SKIN NEOPLASMS
MIDDLE AGE