Diaphragmatic hernia after radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma.
We describe a 71-year-old woman with a hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RF) with a single internally cooled electrode under computed tomography (CT) fluoroscopic guidance. Nine months after the procedure, CT images showed herniation of the large intestine into the right pleural cavity. To our knowledge this complication of RF performed with a single internally cooled electrode under CT guidance has not been previously reported.
Yamagami
Takuji
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Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-chou, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-Ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan. yamagami@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
Yoshimatsu
Rika
R
Matsushima
Shigenori
S
Tanaka
Osamu
O
Miura
Hiroshi
H
Nishimura
Tsunehiko
T
D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007420:Intestine, Large / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed