Post biopsy Liver Hemorrhage Successfully Controlled by Ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Microwave Ablation.
Percutaneous microwave coagulation therapy has been one of the major new developments in tumor ablation. Microwave ablation has also been used intraoperatively to achieve hemostasis at surgical margins in laparotomy. However, the use of microwave ablation for coagulation and hemostasis through percutaneous approach has not been described in the literature. Here, we report a case of hepatic amyloidosis with massive post biopsy liver hemorrhage, which could not be by transarterial embolization, and subsequently controlled by ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of this technology application in human.
Department of Radiology and Organ Imaging, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Ophelia Ka Heng
OK
Wai
Department of Radiology and Organ Imaging, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Lawrence Fung Him
LF
Ng
Department of Radiology and Organ Imaging, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
Peter San Ming
PS
Yu
Department of Radiology and Organ Imaging, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
James Chi Sang
JC
Chan
Liver biopsy; liver hemorrhage; microwave ablation