Percutaneous biopsy of operable liver lesions: is it necessary or advisable? |
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Authors: | JL Jourdan RS Stubbs |
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Affiliation: | Wakefield Clinic for Gastrointestinal Diseases, Wellington. |
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Abstract: | AIM: The necessity and desirability of performing percutaneous biopsy of potentially resectable liver tumours is called into question. METHODS: Two cases are reported in which percutaneous biopsy of resectable liver tumours was performed unnecessarily and resulted in needle track seeding. RESULTS: In both instances patients who underwent potentially curative liver resection were rendered incurable because of biopsy track recurrence. CONCLUSION: The common practice of performing percutaneous ultrasound or CT guided biopsy of potentially resectable lesions in the liver is generally neither necessary nor desirable. |
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