title: Radiofrequency ablation of recurrent cholangiocarcinoma after orthotopic liver transplantation -- a case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the use of radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of recurrent cholangiocarcinoma in the transplanted liver.
  
  
  METHODS
  A lady who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma recurrence of tumour 13 mo after transplantation inspite of adjuvant chemotherapy. Her recurrent tumour was treated with radiofrequency ablation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  She survived for 18 mo following the recurrence of her tumour.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Radiofrequency ablation can be used safely in the transplanted liver to treat recurrent tumour.
authors.affiliation: HPB Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, UK. rai2000@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.forename: Derek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Manas
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rose
mesh_terms: D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*