title: MRI-Guided Cryoablation of In-Transit Metastases from Cutaneous Melanoma: A Brief Report on a Preliminary Experience.
abstract: This study aims to discuss MRI-guided cryoablation (CA) of in-transit (IT) metastases from melanoma and to retrospectively present our preliminary experience in such a specific field. Three female patients (mean age 55.6 years; range 39-64) were included, and eight IT metastases (mean size 12.4 ± 6.5 mm, range: 5-25) were treated in three different sessions. Technical success was 100%; and mean procedural time 129.3 ± 103 min. (range 42-243). Primary local tumour control was 100% at 1-, 6- and 12-month follow-up; and 87.5% at 18-month follow-up. Two complications were recorded (one minor and one major). MRI-guided CA is a novel therapy, which may be included in the armamentarium of local therapies of IT metastases.
authors.affiliation: Interventional Radiology Department, Nouvel Hôpital Civil (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg), 1 Place de l'Hôpital, 67000, Strasbourg, France. aym.rauch@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Aymeric
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rauch
authors.affiliation: Interventional Radiology Department, Nouvel Hôpital Civil (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg), 1 Place de l'Hôpital, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Roberto Luigi
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Cazzato
authors.affiliation: Interventional Radiology Department, Nouvel Hôpital Civil (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg), 1 Place de l'Hôpital, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garnon
authors.affiliation: Interventional Radiology Department, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, NHS Trust, Barrack Rd, Exeter, EX2 5DW, UK.
authors.forename: Behnam
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shaygi
authors.affiliation: Interventional Radiology Department, Nouvel Hôpital Civil (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg), 1 Place de l'Hôpital, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tsoumakidou
authors.affiliation: Interventional Radiology Department, Nouvel Hôpital Civil (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg), 1 Place de l'Hôpital, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Caudrelier
authors.affiliation: Interventional Radiology Department, Nouvel Hôpital Civil (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg), 1 Place de l'Hôpital, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Salem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bauones
authors.affiliation: Interventional Radiology Department, Nouvel Hôpital Civil (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg), 1 Place de l'Hôpital, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 1 Place de l'Hôpital, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lipsker
authors.affiliation: Interventional Radiology Department, Nouvel Hôpital Civil (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg), 1 Place de l'Hôpital, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Afshin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gangi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Cryoablation; In-transit metastases; MRI; Melanoma