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Thermal Ablation for the Treatment of Abdominal Tumors
Published on: March 7, 2011
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of a lung metastasis: delayed cavitation with no infection
Bruno Marchand1, Maurice Perol, Eric De La Roche
1Department of Radiology, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, 103 grande rue de la Croix-Rousse, 69317 Lyon Cedex, France. bruno.marchand@voila.fr
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
|December 19, 2002
Abstract:
A 64-year-old man presented with a lung metastasis of the lower left lobe. After partial response with chemotherapy, a thoracotomy was performed that did not allow a wedge resection, and lobectomy was contraindicated by the patient's ventilatory function. Radiofrequency ablation of this lung metastasis was thus performed, followed by a delayed cavitation with no infection, which, to our knowledge, has not yet been described.
