ArticleBJR case reports2020
Malignant seeding of the biopsy needle tract outside of the radiation therapy field in a patient with Glioblastoma.
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Abstract
A 44-year-old male initially presented with a right thalamic brain tumor that was confirmed with stereotactic biopsy to be glioblastoma (GBM). The patient was treated with radiotherapy and temozolomide for 6 weeks. At 1 month after completing chemoradiation therapy, the patient underwent follow-up imaging that revealed the primary lesion had mildly responded to chemoradiation, but a secondary lesion had developed along the biopsy needle tract. This secondary lesion was outside of the field of radiation therapy for the primary tumor and concluded to be intracranial spread of GBM along the biopsy tract. The patient's final imaging 4 months after initial diagnosis revealed the primary and secondary lesions had enlarged. Subsequently, the patient clinically deteriorated and died 7 months after initial diagnosis.
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