title: CT-guided radiofrequency ablation of a pulmonary metastasis followed by surgical resection.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Interventional Radiology, Institute of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland. ksteinke@uhbs.ch
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Steinke
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Habicht
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thomsen
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soler
authors.forename: Augustinus L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Jacob
mesh_terms: 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