Extension of hepatic necrosis secondary to current arcing to surgical clips: a potential complication of radiofrequency ablation.
The authors present a case report of a 67-year-old woman who underwent radiofrequency ablation of recurrent hepatic metastases. She was managed 2 years previously with a right hemi-hepatectomy. Subsequent to RF ablation she developed hepatic necrosis extending in a linear fashion to two of the metallic surgical clips at the free edge of the liver, consistent with current arcing.
Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. jenniekerr@yahoo.co.uk
Jennifer M
JM
Kerr
Neasa M
NM
NiMhuircheartaigh
Gerry P
GP
McEntee
Helen M
HM
Fenlon
D000368:Aged; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D009336:Necrosis; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014025:Titanium; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003287:Contrast Media; D014025:Titanium