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Thermal Ablation for the Treatment of Abdominal Tumors
Published on: March 7, 2011
Interventional management of a renal cell carcinoma by radiofrequency ablation with tagging and cooling
Andreas H Mahnken1, Tobias Penzkofer, Philipp Bruners
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany. mahnken@rad.rwth-aachen.de
Abstract:
Over the last few years, percutaneous radiofrequency (RF) ablation has been successfully established as a viable treatment modality for small peripheral renal cell carcinoma (RCC). This technique is limited by central tumor location and tumor size. We report the interventional management of a 5.3 cm mixed RCC with central and exophytic parts by combining the RF ablation with embolization, tagging, and retrograde, as well as anterograde cooling. The potential pitfalls of complex hybrid interventions for treating RCC are discussed.