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Needle track tumor seeding after radiofrequency ablation of a thyroid tumor

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A 19-year-old female underwent two radiofrequency ablation procedures for a thyroid tumor that was proven to be nodular hyperplasia versus a follicular neoplasm by fine-needle aspiration. Two years after the last follow-up, the thyroid mass had grown and a newly developed mass was detected in the platysma muscle. After surgery, the thyroid mass was revealed to be a solid papillary thyroid carcinoma, and the subplatysmal mass was tumor seeding.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, Korea

    Chang Un Lee, Soo Jin Kim, Sung Hee Park & Semin Chong

  2. Department of Radiology, Daerim St. Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, Korea

    Jin Yong Sung

  3. Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

    Jung Hwan Baek

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Lee, C.U., Kim, S.J., Sung, J.Y. et al. Needle track tumor seeding after radiofrequency ablation of a thyroid tumor. Jpn J Radiol 32, 661–663 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-014-0350-9

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