MR-guided laser-induced thermotherapy with a cooled power laser system: a case report of a patient with a recurrent carcinoid metastasis in the breast

Eur Radiol. 2002 Dec:12 Suppl 3:S101-4. doi: 10.1007/s00330-002-1602-0. Epub 2002 Sep 13.

Abstract

We report a case of a 52-year-old woman with a palpable recurrent metastasis of a neuroendocrine carcinoma to the upper outer quadrant of the right breast. For the treatment of this lesion, MR-guided laser-induced thermotherapy was performed with a cooled power laser system (Nd:YAG-Laser). An open 0.2-T MR unit was used for the monitoring of the laser energy delivery to the breast; thus, a thermosensitive fast low-angle shot 2D sequence for MR thermometry was used, so the ablation of the tumor and the increase of laser-induced necrosis could be interactively visualized with the repetitive use of this sequence. The postinterventional MR control exams 1 day and 4 months after laser-induced thermotherapy at the 1.5-T MR unit (Magnetom Symphony Quantum, Siemens, Erlangen, Germany) verified the complete ablation of the tumor without any signs of residual or relapsing tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / secondary
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / secondary
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / surgery*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypothermia, Induced*
  • Laser Coagulation*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery