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FNAC Track Seeding in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Rare Complication

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We report the case of a female in her 50’s with slowly progressive neck mass for 9 years. For last 2 years the mass has rapidly grown to present size. The size of the mass was 5 \(\times \) 6 cm and underwent fine needle aspiration cytology six months earlier. Histopathological studies confirmed papillary thyroid carcinoma and cutaneous needle track seeding of the primary tumour. To our knowledge, this is a rare report of seeding of papillary thyroid carcinoma along the track of fine needle aspiration. Some factors involved in needle track seeding are: needle size; number of passes; withdrawing the needle without releasing suction; injecting the tumour at time of biopsy.

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    Salman Khan, Rajeev Kumar, Prem Sagar & Rakesh Kumar

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Khan, S., Kumar, R., Sagar, P. et al. FNAC Track Seeding in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Rare Complication. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 75, 1009–1012 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-022-03286-9

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