title: Unusual radiological behaviour after cryoablation of renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Cryoablation has evolved into an effective treatment option in patients with renal tumours. The procedure is minimally invasive, and patients are often spared the morbidity and hospital stay that is often associated with open or partial nephrectomy. We present an unusual case of a 62-year-old male patient who underwent cryoablation of a renal cell carcinoma. He subsequently developed apparent exuberant local disease progression, which spontaneously regressed on follow-up CT imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 6YD, UK, drneerajpurohit@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Neeraj B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Purohit
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Theaker
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Breen
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed