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Original Articles

Needle track seeding after percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma: 14-year experience at a single centre

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Pages 454-458 | Received 27 Jul 2016, Accepted 31 Dec 2016, Published online: 23 Jan 2017

Figures & data

Figure 1. A 48-year-old man with well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma underwent percutaneous RFA. (A) Twenty-month follow-up ultrasonography shows a 10 mm seeding nodule (arrow) with hypo echo in abdominal wall. (B) CECT shows seeding nodule (arrow) and subcapsular ablation zone (arrowhead) in portal phase.

Figure 1. A 48-year-old man with well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma underwent percutaneous RFA. (A) Twenty-month follow-up ultrasonography shows a 10 mm seeding nodule (arrow) with hypo echo in abdominal wall. (B) CECT shows seeding nodule (arrow) and subcapsular ablation zone (arrowhead) in portal phase.

Table 1. Clinical feature of 12 HCC patients associated with neoplastic seeding.

Table 2. Clinical feature of 741 HCC patients with 1341 tumours treated by percutaneous RFA.

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