title: Sclerotic vertebral metastases: pain palliation using percutaneous image-guided cryoablation.
abstract: Cryoablative therapies have been proposed to palliate pain from soft-tissue or osteolytic bone tumors. A case of a patient with painful thoracic and sacral spine sclerotic metastases successfully treated by image-guided percutaneous cryoablation with the aid of insulation techniques and thermosensors is reported in this case report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Instituto do Cancer do Estado de São Paulo, Avenida Doutor Arnaldo, 251 - Cerqueira César, São Paulo 01246-000, Brazil. ricardomcfreitas@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ricardo Miguel Costa
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: de Freitas
authors.forename: Marcos Roberto
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: de Menezes
authors.forename: Giovanni Guido
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Cerri
authors.forename: Afshin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gangi
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D010026:Osteosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D012447:Sacrum / Q000601:surgery*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*