Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of liver dome hepatocellular carcinoma invisible on ultrasonography: a new targeting strategy

Br J Radiol. 2008 May;81(965):e130-4. doi: 10.1259/bjr/16397365.

Abstract

Targeting of index tumours is prerequisite to their radiofrequency ablation. However, small hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) in the liver dome are often invisible on ultrasonography, thus causing difficulty in their targeting. In cases with multinodular HCCs, adjacent HCC lesions with compact iodized oil retention can be used as anatomic landmarks to guide radiofrequency (RF) ablation of such nodules under fluoroscopy. We present two cases in which nodules that were difficult to target with conventional methods were successfully treated by RF ablation using this targeting strategy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery*
  • Catheter Ablation / methods*
  • Contrast Media
  • Humans
  • Iodized Oil
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods

Substances

  • Contrast Media
  • Iodized Oil