Percutaneous gadolinium injection under MR guidance to mark target for CT-guided radiofrequency ablation

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2002 Apr;13(4):419-21. doi: 10.1016/s1051-0443(07)61747-3.

Abstract

Selection of the appropriate imaging tool depends on a number of factors that reflect the patient, the procedure, and the physician. Multiple imaging techniques are often required to perform elements of a whole procedure. A patient with an allergy to iodinated contrast material and a 3.0-cm hepatic metastasis that was invisible on computed tomography (CT) was treated with CT-guided radiofrequency ablation by first injecting gadolinium under magnetic resonance guidance to mark the location of the lesion. Gadolinium's high atomic number makes it a viable contrast agent for attenuating x rays under fluoroscopic or CT guidance.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Catheter Ablation / methods*
  • Contrast Media
  • Female
  • Gadolinium*
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Contrast Media
  • Gadolinium