Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of liver neoplasms adjacent to the gastrointestinal tract after balloon catheter interposition

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2003 Sep;14(9 Pt 1):1183-6. doi: 10.1097/01.rvi.0000086530.86489.05.

Abstract

A hepatocellular carcinoma compressing the duodenum and a metastatic liver tumor adherent to the stomach were treated by radiofrequency ablation after a balloon was percutaneously placed between the tumor and the gastrointestinal tract to avoid bowel perforation. Neither tumor showed enhancement on dynamic contrast material-enhanced CT after radiofrequency ablation. There were no complications related to the procedures.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery*
  • Catheter Ablation*
  • Catheterization
  • Contrast Media
  • Duodenum
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stomach
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Contrast Media