Radiofrequency ablation of recurrent cholangiocarcinoma after orthotopic liver transplantation -- a case report.
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.
Rai
Rakesh
R
HPB Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, UK. rai2000@hotmail.com
Manas
Derek
D
Rose
John
J
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*