SUBCUTANEOUS IMPLANTATION METASTASIS OF A CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA OF THE BILE-DUCT AFTER PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC BILIARY DRAINAGE (PTBD)

Authors
LOEW R DUEBER C SCHWARTING A THELEN M
Citation
R. Loew et al., SUBCUTANEOUS IMPLANTATION METASTASIS OF A CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA OF THE BILE-DUCT AFTER PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC BILIARY DRAINAGE (PTBD), European radiology, 7(2), 1997, pp. 259-261
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
European radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09387994
Volume
7
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
259 - 261
Database
ISI
SICI code
0938-7994(1997)7:2<259:SIMOAC>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) is the basis for mos t biliary interventional procedures. We recently observed the occurren ce of a subcutaneous implantation metastasis after PTBD in a patient w ith incurable cholangiocarcinoma. Although tumor cell seeding along th e catheter tract is a very rare complication, we think that PTBD shoul d be avoided when curative resection is planned.