Case report: Radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of painful isolated wound recurrence after resection of gastric cancer.
A 75-year-old woman underwent radiofrequency (RF) ablation for the treatment of two painful disseminated tumours that appeared and rapidly became larger at the anterior abdominal wound 16 months after she had undergone surgery for gastric cancer. RF ablation was performed under CT-fluoroscopic guidance for both tumours, which measured 5 cm and 3 cm in maximum diameter. Pain was relieved immediately after RF ablation, and both tumours showed significant involution upon physical examination and CT studies. The patient is still alive 15 months after RF ablation, with no evidence of tumour recurrence.
Yamakado
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Department of Radiology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan. yama@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp
Takaki
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Nakatsuka
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Nagai
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Matsuda
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Suzuki
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Takeda
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D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome