HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Personal Folders Download to citation manager Permission Requests Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Kara, M. Articles by Kavukçu, S. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Kara, M. Articles by Kavukçu, S. Related Collections Lung - cancer

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001;20:868-870
© 2001 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

Implantation metastasis caused by fine needle aspiration biopsy following curative resection of stage IB non-small cell lung cancer

Murat Kara^a, Göknur Alver^b, Serpil Dizbay Sak^c, evket Kavukçu^b

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Kirikkale, School of Medicine, 71100, Kirikkale, Turkey
^b Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, bn-i Sina Hospital, 06100, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey
^c Department of Pathology, Ankara University School of Medicine, 06100, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey

Received 13 April 2001; received in revised form 8 June 2001; accepted 17 June 2001.

Corresponding author. Güvenlik caddesi, Esenlik sokak 7/10, 06540, Aaiayranci, Ankara, Turkey. Tel.: + 90-312-4670054; fax: +90-312-4377784
e-mail: muratkara66{at}hotmail.com

Fine needle aspiration is a useful procedure in the diagnosis of lung cancer, however controversy still remains as to whether it should be employed particularly in patients with operable lung cancer. We report herein a case of metastatic tumor at the site of transthoracic needle biopsy following a curative resection in a patient with stage IB bronchogenic carcinoma. The patient was managed with aggressive chest wall resection and subsequent musculocutaneus flap transposition, however he died 11 months after the initial operation. The tumor implantation risk and the related complications should be considered in patients with operable bronchogenic carcinoma undergoing a tranthoracic needle aspiration biopsy.

Key Words: Transthoracic needle biopsy • Lung cancer • Recurrence

This article has been cited by other articles:

				J. P. Wisnivesky, C. I. Henschke, and D. F. Yankelevitz Diagnostic Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy Does Not Affect Survival in Stage I Lung Cancer Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., September 15, 2006; 174(6): 684 - 688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				V. Raja and D. Bessman Uncommon Presentations of Malignancies: CASE 4. TUMOR IMPLANTATION AFTER PNEUMONECTOMY FOR LUNG CANCER J. Clin. Oncol., August 1, 2003; 21(15): 2998 - 2999. [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. H. Kim, Y. T. Kim, H. K. Lim, Y. H. Kim, and S. W. Sung Management for chest wall implantation of non-small cell lung cancer after fine-needle aspiration biopsy Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., May 1, 2003; 23(5): 828 - 832. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]