Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of atypical hepatic hemangioma
N Grigorov, R Mitova, J Genov, B Golemanov · Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound · 2007 · Heft 10
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Objective: To report 2 cases of percutaneous RFA of large hepatic hemangioma. Methods: Two patients with large tumors, previously misdiagnosed as hepatocellular carcinoma with imaging methods, were treated with US-guided multipolar RFA, using general anesthesia. In the first case (male, age 53, tumor size 7.8cm, right hepatic lobe) the insertion of the three bipolar electrodes with diameter 1.8mm made an impression of a soft tumor, but without any extraordinary physical parameters of ablation. During the procedure suspicion for little amount of fluid around the liver appeared and RFA was stopped. Fine-needle asp…