Radiofrequency ablation and biopsy of metastatic pheochromocytoma: emphasizing safety issues and dangers.
The authors report a case of the safe performance of radiofrequency (RF) ablations and biopsies in a patient with metastatic pheochromocytoma. The patient had previously undergone RF ablation at another institution for a tumor in her liver; that procedure was complicated by a hypertensive crisis and cardiac arrest. Our experience emphasizes that, despite a prior life-threatening complication, careful pre-, intra-, and postprocedural care to avoid a hypertensive crisis allowed safe RF ablations and biopsies in a patient with pheochromocytoma.
Mamlouk
Mark D
MD
University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, USA.
vanSonnenberg
Eric
E
Stringfellow
Gregory
G
Smith
Dean
D
Wendt
Albert
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