Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma Seeding along a Percutaneous Biopsy Tract

Table 1

Summary of reported cases of RCC seeding along a renal percutaneous biopsy tract.

Reference (year)	Type of tumour	Needle calibre (gauge)	Interval between biopsy and seeding	Size	Description and location
Gibbons et al. (1977) [4]	RCC	18	20 months	2 cm	Firm mass inferior to the posterior part of the right 11th rib
Auvert et al. (1982) [5]	Oncocytoma	Did not mention	7 years	2 cm	Subcutaneous mass at biopsy site
Kiser et al. (1986) [6]	Papillary RCC	14	1 month	5 mm	Nodule found when dissecting Gerota’s fascia off psoas muscle
Wehle and Grabstald (1986) [7]	RCC	20	Not specified	Not specified	Flank mass at biopsy site
Shenoy et al. (1991) [8]	RCC	23	12 months	1.5 cm	Subcutaneous nodule
Giorgadze et al. (2013) [9]	Papillary RCC	22 (FNA); 20 (Core)	4 years	15 cm	Left retroperitoneal mass extending posterior to the abdominal aorta with possible invasion into the psoas muscle
Mullins and Rodriguez (2013) [10]	Papillary RCC	22 (FNA); 20 (Core)	18 months	6.5 cm	Tumour invading the perirenal fat within the previous biopsy tract
Sainani et al. (2013) [11]	Papillary RCC	25 (FNA); 20 (Core)	4 years	Up to 1.2 cm	2 retroperitoneal nodules and 1 in the paraspinal musculature