A Systematic Review of Cases Reporting Needle Tract Seeding Following Thyroid Fine Needle Biopsy

• Published in: World journal of surgery Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 844 - 851
• Main Authors: Polyzos, Stergios A., Anastasilakis, Athanasios D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer-Verlag 01.04.2010; Springer‐Verlag; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Biopsy, Fine-Needle - adverse effects; Cardiac Surgery; Core Needle Biopsy; General Surgery; Humans; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma; Neoplasm Seeding; Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma; Risk Factors; Surgery; Thoracic Surgery; Thyroid Carcinoma; Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnosis; Thyroid Neoplasms - pathology; Thyroid Nodule; Vascular Surgery; Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma; Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma; Thyroid Carcinoma; Thyroid Nodule; Core Needle Biopsy

Background Because of its accuracy and cost-effectiveness, thyroid fine needle biopsy (FNB) is the procedure of choice in the preoperative management of thyroid nodules. Needle tract seeding (NTS) has been a concern since the earliest days of FNB, contributing to the delayed acceptance of FNB as a s...