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Case Reports
. 1989 Aug;48(2):284-6.
doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(89)90091-x.

Chest wall implantation of lung cancer after thin-needle aspiration biopsy

A E Seyfer  1 , D S Walsh, G M Graeber, I N Nuno, A H Eliasson
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Case Reports

Chest wall implantation of lung cancer after thin-needle aspiration biopsy

A E Seyfer et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 1989 Aug.

Abstract

Percutaneous aspirational biopsy of intrathoracic lesions has become a popular technique. One of the rarest complications is that of implantation of malignant cells within the needle tract and subsequent development of a chest wall mass. A case of chest wall implantation of adenocarcinoma of the lung after thin-needle biopsy is reported. The lesion was successfully treated with radical full-thickness excision of the chest wall and immediate reconstruction with a large rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap.

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