title: Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of a lung metastasis: delayed cavitation with no infection.
abstract: A 64-year-old man presented with a lung metastasis of the lower left lobe. After partial response with chemotherapy, a thoracotomy was performed that did not allow a wedge resection, and lobectomy was contraindicated by the patient's ventilatory function. Radiofrequency ablation of this lung metastasis was thus performed, followed by a delayed cavitation with no infection, which, to our knowledge, has not yet been described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, 103 grande rue de la Croix-Rousse, 69317 Lyon Cedex, France. bruno.marchand@voila.fr
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marchand
authors.forename: Maurice
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perol
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: De La Roche
authors.forename: Tahar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Messaoud
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baulieux
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Guérin
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Berthezène
mesh_terms: D017115:Catheter Ablation; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013908:Thoracotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome