title: Interventional oncology: pictorial review of post-ablation imaging of liver and renal tumors.
abstract: Percutaneous image-guided ablation is now commonly performed in many institutions for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma, liver metastases, and renal cell carcinoma in select patients. Accurate interpretation of post-ablation imaging is of supreme importance because treatment algorithms for these diseases rely heavily on imaging to guide management decisions. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to provide abdominal imagers with a review of the indications for percutaneous ablation in the abdomen, a basic overview of ablation modalities in clinical use today, the expected post-ablation imaging findings in the liver and kidney, and potential complications of hepatic and renal ablation procedures.
authors.affiliation: Division of Abdominal Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, White Building, Rm 270, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. slee112@partners.org.
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Division of Abdominal Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, White Building, Rm 270, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Aoife
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kilcoyne
authors.affiliation: Division of Abdominal Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, White Building, Rm 270, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Avinash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kambadakone
authors.affiliation: Division of Abdominal Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, White Building, Rm 270, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arellano
mesh_terms: D055011:Ablation Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D053783:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Interventional; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media
keywords: Ablation; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Interventional oncology; Post-ablation imaging; Renal cell carcinoma