Imaging Features following Thermal Ablation of Lung Malignancies.
Percutaneous image-guided thermal ablation is gaining attraction as an effective alternative to surgical resection for patients with primary and secondary malignancies of the lung. Currently, no standard follow-up imaging protocol has been established or uniformly accepted. The early identification of residual or recurrent tumor would in theory enable the practitioner to offer expeditious retreatment or alternative treatment. This review elaborates on the imaging findings following thermal ablation, both heat- and cold-based, of nonresectable pulmonary malignancies.
Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York.
Sophie
S
Chheang
Thoracic Imaging Section, Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Feredoin
F
Abtin
Thoracic Imaging Section, Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Antonio
A
Guteirrez
Thoracic Imaging Section, Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Scott
S
Genshaft
Thoracic Imaging Section, Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
Robert
R
Suh
computed tomography; cryotherapy; imaging findings; lung cancer; microwave; positron emission tomography; radiofrequency; thermal ablation