Percutaneous ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation treatment and genetic testing for renal cell carcinoma with Von Hippel-Lindau disease

J Xray Sci Technol. 2012;20(1):121-9. doi: 10.3233/XST-2012-0323.

Abstract

Percutaneous ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation is increasingly being studied in the treatment of renal tumors. Because percutaneous ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation is a minimally invasive and nephron-sparing procedure, it is ideally suited for patients with a single kidney, multiple tumors, or contraindications to conventional surgery. We report on a patient with Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease who had multicentric tumors in the single kidney that was successfully treated with percutaneous ultrasound-guided radiofrequncy ablation. The one-year follow-up showed that there was no local recurrence or metastasis. And genetic testing showed the patient had a T to G heterozygotic missense mutation at nucleotide 515 of VHL gene exon 1.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Ablation Techniques / methods*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / complications
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / genetics
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / surgery*
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / complications
  • Kidney Neoplasms / genetics
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mutation, Missense
  • Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography / methods*
  • Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein / genetics
  • von Hippel-Lindau Disease / complications
  • von Hippel-Lindau Disease / genetics*

Substances

  • Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein
  • VHL protein, human