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01-11-2008 | Technical Note

Transhepatic CT-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation of Adrenal Metastases from Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Authors: Hilmar Kuehl, Joerg Stattaus, Michael Forsting, Gerald Antoch

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 6/2008

Abstract

The prognosis of patients with adrenal metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been poor, and aggressive treatment of these tumors is mandatory to improve patients’ survival. Since adrenalectomy may be difficult to perform after previous surgery of the right liver lobe, other approaches are required to treat the adrenal mass. This report aims at demonstrating the feasibility of CT-guided transhepatic radiofrequency ablation of right adrenal HCC metastases pretreated with chemoembolization in patients unable to undergo surgical resection.

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Title: Transhepatic CT-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation of Adrenal Metastases from Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Authors: Hilmar Kuehl
Joerg Stattaus
Michael Forsting
Gerald Antoch
Publication date: 01-11-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 6/2008
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-008-9377-6

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Transhepatic CT-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation of Adrenal Metastases from Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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