Risk of needle tract seeding after coaxial ultrasound-guided percutaneous biopsy for primary and metastatic tumors of the liver: report of a single institution

Dagmar Schaffler-Schaden; Theresa Birsak; Ramona Zintl; Barbara Lorber; Gottfried Schaffler

doi:10.1007/s00261-019-02120-1

Risk of needle tract seeding after coaxial ultrasound-guided percutaneous biopsy for primary and metastatic tumors of the liver: report of a single institution

Dagmar Schaffler-Schaden, Theresa Birsak, Ramona Zintl, Barbara Lorber, Gottfried Schaffler

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Abstract

PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of needle track seeding after ultrasound-guided percutaneous biopsy of indeterminate liver lesions with a coaxial biopsy system without any other additional intervention or ablation therapy.

METHODS: We identified 172 patients in a retrospective cohort study who underwent ultrasound-guided biopsy due to a liver mass in our institution between 2007 and 2016. The same coaxial biopsy system was used in all patients, no consecutive ablation was performed.

RESULTS: None of the finally included 131 patients developed neoplastic seeding. There was one major complication (0.76%), the rest of the complications were minor (3.8%) and did not require further intervention.

CONCLUSION: Needle track seeding is a rare delayed complication after percutaneous liver biopsy. Coaxial liver biopsy is a safe method to obtain multiple samples with a single punch in patients with primary or metastatic liver lesions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3301-3306
Number of pages	6
Journal	Abdominal Radiology
Volume	45
Issue number	10
Early online date	5 Jul 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-019-02120-1
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Coaxial biopsy
Liver biopsy
Needle tract seeding
Ultrasound-guided biopsy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Gastroenterology
Urology
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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