title: Renal infarction resulting from segmental arterial injury during radiofrequency ablation of renal tumor in patient with a single kidney.
abstract: Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of renal tumors is known to be an effective treatment in patients with marginal renal function. Recently, this treatment was used in a patient with a renal tumor that arose in a single kidney. The tumor was completely ablated, but renal infarction developed because of a thermally injured segmental artery during ablation. We report the computed tomography imaging features, with an emphasis on the technical aspects of the ablation procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. rapark@skku.edu
authors.forename: Byung Kwan
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Chan Kyo
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyo Keun
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Lim
mesh_terms: D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged