title: Percutaneous cryoablation and vertebroplasty: a case report.
abstract: A 70-year-old man with a painful vertebral metastasis was treated with combined percutaneous cryoablation and vertebroplasty therapy (CVT) in one session. The patient was suffering from diffuse visceral metastasized cholangiocarcinoma. After several weeks of back pain, magnetic resonance imaging documented a single L2 bone metastasis. In consultation with the oncologists, palliative combined CVT was administered with the aim of obtaining pain relief and bone stabilization. In our experience this combined treatment is safe and effective for immediate pain relief in painful bone metastases when other standard palliative treatments have failed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Molecular Imaging, Interventional Radiology and Radiotherapy, "Tor Vergata" University General Hospital, V.le Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masala
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roselli
authors.forename: Guglielmo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Manenti
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mammucari
authors.forename: Dario Alberto
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bartolucci
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Simonetti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods; D011788:Quality of Life; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054854:Vertebroplasty / Q000379:methods*