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01-07-2007 | Case Report

Chest Wall Dissemination of Nocardiosis after Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy

Authors: Hiroshi Shimamoto, Yoshitaka Inaba, Hidekazu Yamaura, Yozo Sato, Mika Kamiya, Masaya Miyazaki, Yasuaki Arai, Yoshitsugu Horio

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 4/2007

Abstract

We described a case of chest wall dissemination after percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy. A 65-year-old man had a lung nodule which was suspected to be lung carcinoma. He underwent percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy using an 18G semiautomated biopsy needle and pathologic diagnosis showed organizing pneumonia. Two months after the biopsy, chest wall dissemination occurred. Implantation of carcinoma along the biopsy route was suspected, but the mass was actually due to pulmonary nocardiosis.

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Title: Chest Wall Dissemination of Nocardiosis after Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy
Authors: Hiroshi Shimamoto
Yoshitaka Inaba
Hidekazu Yamaura
Yozo Sato
Mika Kamiya
Masaya Miyazaki
Yasuaki Arai
Yoshitsugu Horio
Publication date: 01-07-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 4/2007
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-007-9002-0

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