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  • Title: Pleural seeding from hepatocellular carcinoma: a complication of percutaneous alcohol ablation.
    Author: Zerbey AL, Mueller PR, Dawson SL, Hoover HC.
    Journal: Radiology; 1994 Oct; 193(1):81-2. PubMed ID: 8090925.
    Abstract:
    The authors present a case of proved seeding of the pleural space secondary to alcohol ablation of a primary hepatocellular carcinoma. The patient underwent alcohol ablation for a 6.5-cm-diameter tumor in the right lobe of the liver; approximately 20 needle punctures were required to ensure complete or almost complete destruction of the tumor. Six months after the original ablation, a hypervascular pleural metastasis was noted adjacent to the original lesion at computed tomography. Percutaneous biopsy of the pleural lesion showed hepatocellular carcinoma.
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