Placement of MammoSite brachytherapy catheter under computed-tomography scan guidance.
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.
Mutyala
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Department of Radiation Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA. smutyala@montefiore.org
Yaparpalvi
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Choi
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W
Mehta
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K
Spierer
M
M
Kalnicki
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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*