ArticleWorld journal of surgery2020
Needle Tract Implantation Following Fine-Needle Aspiration of Thyroid Cancer.
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- A Comprehensive Assessment of the Harms of Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy for Thyroid Nodules: A Systematic Review.Endocrinology and metabolism (Seoul, Korea) · 2023Pooled it
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- Needle tract seeding of papillary thyroid carcinoma 18 years after initial surgery without presurgical diagnosis of malignancy: a case report.Oxford medical case reports · 2025Article
- The diagnosis and management of small and indeterminate lymph nodes in papillary thyroid cancer: preoperatively and intraoperatively.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
- Subcutaneous implantation after endoscopic and traditional thyroid surgery: a retrospective case report.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- Solitary thyroid gland metastasis from rectal cancer: A case report and review of the literature.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Article
- Multi-parametric MRI-based radiomics signature for preoperative prediction of Ki-67 proliferation status in sinonasal malignancies: a two-centre study.European radiology · 2022Article
- Clinical significance and cytological detection of tracheal puncture following thyroid fine-needle aspiration: A retrospective study.Diagnostic cytopathology · 2021Article
- Histological alterations following fine-needle aspiration for parathyroid adenoma: Incidence and diagnostic problems.Pathology international · 2021Article
- Needle tract seeding of papillary thyroid carcinoma after fine-needle capillary biopsy: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2021Article
- Late recurrence of papillary thyroid cancer from needle tract implantation after core needle biopsy: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundNeedle tract implantation (NTI) can occur after thyroid fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). To date, no studies enrolling a large number of patients and studying the cumulative incidence (CI) of NTI have been published. This study analyzed the clinicopathological features of NTI and calculated the CI.
methodsA total of 11,745 patients who underwent first FNAC, resection for thyroid carcinomas and related lymph node metastases, and postoperative ultrasonography in Kuma Hospital between 2006 and 2017 were evaluated. NTI was defined as macroscopically visible and/or sonographically detected recurrent tumors at the sites of the previous aspiration. Lymphovascular invasion and/or nodal metastasis were excluded.
resultsWe found 22 NTI-THY (originated from aspiration of thyroid tumors) and 8 NTI-LN (originating from lymph nodes) cases with CI of 0.15% and 0.37%, and 0.37% and 0.58% at 5 and 10 years after FNAC, respectively. A large percentage (53%) of cases are presented as more aggressive histologic subtypes than their original tumors. Of these NTI patients, 4 (12.1%) died of disease and 10 (33.3%) developed distant metastases but remained alive with stable disease, three (9.1%) developed local recurrences, and the remaining 15 (10%) were free of recurrence.
conclusionsWe demonstrated for the first time the CI and detailed clinicopathological features of thyroid NTI associated with possible histological transformation. Despite the low CI, the risk of death and distant metastases increase manifold in NTI patients than that in patients without recurrence. Therefore, NTI could be an important prognostic variable and impact patient survival.
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