FAQ

needle track

Known as: Needle Track Marks, Track Marks, needle tracks 
Visible marks on the skin caused by puncture wounds, most commonly associated with intravenous drug use.
National Institutes of Health

Topic mentions per year

Topic mentions per year

1942-2017
051019422016

Papers overview

Semantic Scholar uses AI to extract papers important to this topic.
2010
2010
Cutaneous needle track seeding of mesothelioma diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology: a case report.
BACKGROUND Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for mesothelioma require surgical biopsy or the usage of different-sized needles… (More)
Is this relevant?
2006
2006
Needle Track Dissemination of Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma Following Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy: Report of a Case
Few reports have been concerned with the risk of needle track dissemination of tumor cells following fine-needle aspiration… (More)
  • figure 1
  • figure 3
  • figure 2
  • figure 4
Is this relevant?
2003
2003
Validity of injecting drug users' self report of hepatitis A, B, and C.
OBJECTIVE To test the validity of drug users self-reports of diseases associated with drug use, in this case hepatitis A, B, and… (More)
Is this relevant?
1998
1998
Histological identification of carcinoma in 21 gauge needle tracks after fine needle aspiration biopsy of head and neck carcinoma.
Six cancer resection specimens were thoroughly sectioned and microscopically examined at areas known to have been around 21 gauge… (More)
  • figure 1
  • figure 2
  • figure 2
  • figure 2
  • table 1
Is this relevant?
1996
1996
Needle track recurrence after biopsy of non-metastatic Wilms tumour
A 2-year-old girl presented with a left-sided Wilms tumour. She was randomised to have a needle biopsy and preoperative… (More)
  • figure 1
Is this relevant?
1993
1993
Needle biopsy of breast cancer. Appearance of tumour cells along the needle track.
Appearance of tumour cells along the needle track in patients with breast cancer diagnosed by SURECUT needle biopsy is found in… (More)
Is this relevant?
1992
1992
Malignant seeding of the needle track during stereotaxic core needle breast biopsy.
Early reports demonstrated the diagnostic advantage of large-core (14-gauge) biopsy over fine-needle aspiration biopsy of… (More)
Is this relevant?
1992
1992
US-guided percutaneous liver biopsy with plugging of the needle track: a prospective study in 72 high-risk patients.
The efficiency, accuracy, and safety of ultrasound-guided liver biopsy with plugging of the needle track were prospectively… (More)
Is this relevant?
1988
1988
Frontal lobe implantation of craniopharyngioma by repeated needle aspirations.
Fig. 1.-Craniopharyngioma in a 10-year-old boy. B old . Because of enlargement of the tumor, the patient had undergone multiple… (More)
  • figure 1
Is this relevant?
1983
1983
Local tumour cell seeding by fine-needle aspiration biopsy. A semiquantitative study.
We have performed fine-needle biopsies from solid or ascites-growing mouse tumours. The biopsies were taken via striated muscle… (More)
Is this relevant?