title: Palliation of painful perineal metastasis treated with radiofrequency thermal ablation.
abstract: We report a case of painful perineal metastasis from urinary bladder carcinoma in a 73-years-old woman, treated with CT-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA). The pain was immediately relieved and follow-up at 1 and 6 months showed total necrosis of the mass. One year later, the patient has no pain and her quality of life is improved.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, "Korgialeneio-Benakeio", Red-Cross Hospital of Athens, Athanasaki 1 st, 11526 Athens, Greece. loutharad@yahoo.com
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thanos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mylona
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kalioras
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pomoni
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Batakis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D010502:Perineum / Q000601:surgery*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology