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Published on: October 20, 2017
Radiofrequency ablation of a recanalized renal arteriovenous malformation
Daniel B Brown1, Steven B Brandes
1Division of Interventional Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University Medical Center, 510 South Kingshighway Boulevard, Box 8131, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. brownda@mir.wustl.edu
Abstract:
Radiofrequency (RF) ablation is becoming established as a method of treatment of small renal neoplasms. Successful RF ablation of a renal arteriovenous malformation (AVM) was performed in a patient who had previously undergone coil embolization and experienced hematuria after the feeding vessels recanalized. The 3.5-cm lesion was successfully treated with RF ablation, resulting in cessation of hematuria. At follow-up, there was no residual enhancement of the AVM on computed tomography and the lesion had decreased in size.
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