CT-guided radiofrequency ablation of a pulmonary metastasis followed by surgical resection.
Outpatient CT-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of a pulmonary metastasis followed by surgical resection and histopathological analysis was performed in a 72-year-old lady suffering from a peritoneal leiomyosarcoma. Histological workup 3 weeks post-ablation showed complete devitalization of the metastasis. This case report demonstrates that complete thermal destruction of a pulmonary metastasis by percutaneous image-guided RFA is possible.
Steinke
Karin
K
Division of Interventional Radiology, Institute of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland. ksteinke@uhbs.ch
Habicht
James M
JM
Thomsen
Sharon
S
Soler
Markus
M
Jacob
Augustinus L
AL
D000368:Aged; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed