title: Placement of MammoSite brachytherapy catheter under computed-tomography scan guidance.
abstract: Placement of the MammoSite breast brachytherapy catheter is most commonly performed either intraoperatively or under ultrasound-guided technique. Below, we present a case report of an alternate approach utilizing CT-scan guidance. This is the first reported case of a balloon brachytherapy catheter placement with this technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA. smutyala@montefiore.org
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mutyala
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yaparpalvi
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spierer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kalnicki
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*