Needle-Tract Seeding After Percutaneous Cryoablation for Lung Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 92; no. 4; pp. e69 - e71
• Main Authors: Yamauchi, Yoshikane, MD, Izumi, Yotaro, MD, PhD, Hashimoto, Kohei, MD, Inoue, Masanori, MD, Nakatsuka, Seishi, MD, PhD, Kawamura, Masafumi, MD, PhD, Nomori, Hiroaki, MD, PhD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.10.2011
• Subjects: Adenocarcinoma - diagnosis; Adenocarcinoma - secondary; Adenocarcinoma - surgery; Aged; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Colorectal Neoplasms - pathology; Colorectal Neoplasms - surgery; Cryosurgery - adverse effects; Cryosurgery - instrumentation; Fatal Outcome; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Lung Neoplasms - secondary; Lung Neoplasms - surgery; Male; Middle Aged; Needles - adverse effects; Neoplasm Seeding; Surgery; Thoracic Wall - pathology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; 11

We report two cases of needle-tract seeding after percutaneous cryoablation for lung metastases of colorectal cancer. The targeted lung tumor was solitary in both cases. In patient 1, cryoablation was performed with a single cryoprobe, which was removed without freezing the cryoprobe tract. In patie...