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01-11-2014 | Case Report

Needle track tumor seeding after radiofrequency ablation of a thyroid tumor

Authors: Chang Un Lee, Soo Jin Kim, Jin Yong Sung, Sung Hee Park, Semin Chong, Jung Hwan Baek

Published in: Japanese Journal of Radiology | Issue 11/2014

Abstract

A 19-year-old female underwent two radiofrequency ablation procedures for a thyroid tumor that was proven to be nodular hyperplasia versus a follicular neoplasm by fine-needle aspiration. Two years after the last follow-up, the thyroid mass had grown and a newly developed mass was detected in the platysma muscle. After surgery, the thyroid mass was revealed to be a solid papillary thyroid carcinoma, and the subplatysmal mass was tumor seeding.

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Title: Needle track tumor seeding after radiofrequency ablation of a thyroid tumor
Authors: Chang Un Lee
Soo Jin Kim
Jin Yong Sung
Sung Hee Park
Semin Chong
Jung Hwan Baek
Publication date: 01-11-2014
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: Japanese Journal of Radiology / Issue 11/2014
Print ISSN: 1867-1071
Electronic ISSN: 1867-108X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-014-0350-9

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Needle track tumor seeding after radiofrequency ablation of a thyroid tumor

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