Percutaneous cryotherapy of vascular malformation: initial experience.
The present report describes a case of percutaneous cryotherapy in a 36-year-old woman with a large and painful pectoral venous malformation. Cryoablation was performed in a single session for this 9-cm mass with 24 h hospitalisation. At 2- and 6-month follow-up, the pain had completely disappeared, and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a significant decrease in size. Percutaneous cryoablation shows promise as a feasible and apparently safe method for local control in patients with symptomatic venous vascular malformations.
Department of Radiology, Institut Bergonié, 229 cours de l'Argonne, 33076 Bordeaux, France. francoiscornelis@hotmail.com
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Cornelis
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Neuville
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Labrèze
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Kind
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Bui
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Midy
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Palussière
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Grenier
D000328:Adult; D017679:Cryotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000098:blood supply*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*