title: Radiofrequency thermal ablation of a metastatic lung nodule.
abstract: Pulmonary metastases are a common finding in patients with colonic adenocarcinoma. We report the treatment of a metastatic lung nodule with radiofrequency (RF) ablation under CT guidance. This case illustrates the use of RF ablation in a patient in whom surgical resection was no longer possible and where chemotherapy was unlikely to produce benefit. This technique may offer a viable method of cytoreduction when other treatments have not succeeded.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Radiology, Hull Royal Infirmary, Anlaby Road, Hull, HU3 2JZ, UK.
authors.forename: Adrian M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Highland
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mack
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Breen
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed