Sonographically guided percutaneous radio frequency ablation of a renal cell carcinoma in a transplanted kidney

J Ultrasound Med. 2002 Nov;21(11):1299-302. doi: 10.7863/jum.2002.21.11.1299.

Abstract

Radio frequency ablation is an effective treatment for focal renal cell carcinoma (RCC). We report a patient with RCC in a transplanted kidney that was successfully treated with percutaneous sonographically guided radio frequency ablation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / surgery*
  • Catheter Ablation*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted*
  • Ultrasonography