title: Interventional management of a renal cell carcinoma by radiofrequency ablation with tagging and cooling.
abstract: Over the last few years, percutaneous radiofrequency (RF) ablation has been successfully established as a viable treatment modality for small peripheral renal cell carcinoma (RCC). This technique is limited by central tumor location and tumor size. We report the interventional management of a 5.3 cm mixed RCC with central and exophytic parts by combining the RF ablation with embolization, tagging, and retrograde, as well as anterograde cooling. The potential pitfalls of complex hybrid interventions for treating RCC are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany. mahnken@rad.rwth-aachen.de
authors.forename: Andreas H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Mahnken
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Penzkofer
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bruners
authors.forename: Rolf W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Günther
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brehmer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007459:Iodized Oil / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
chemical_list: D007459:Iodized Oil