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Case Reports
. 1989 Jan;33(1):59-60.
doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(89)90069-1.

Late appearance of perineal implantation of prostatic carcinoma after perineal needle biopsy

A Greenstein  1 , E Merimsky, M Baratz, Z Braf
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Case Reports

Late appearance of perineal implantation of prostatic carcinoma after perineal needle biopsy

A Greenstein et al. Urology. 1989 Jan.

Abstract

A case is reported of a patient with carcinoma of the prostate and perineal tumor implant five years after perineal needle biopsy. This is the second case of the rare complication in which the implant appeared years after the biopsy. He was treated with wide excision of the tumor.

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