A 70-year-old man with a painful vertebral metastasis was treated with combined percutaneous cryoablation and vertebroplasty therapy (CVT) in one session. The patient was suffering from diffuse visceral metastasized cholangiocarcinoma. After several weeks of back pain, magnetic resonance imaging documented a single L2 bone metastasis. In consultation with the oncologists, palliative combined CVT was administered with the aim of obtaining pain relief and bone stabilization. In our experience this combined treatment is safe and effective for immediate pain relief in painful bone metastases when other standard palliative treatments have failed.
Masala, S., Roselli, M., Manenti, G., Mammucari, M., Bartolucci, D., Simonetti, G. (2008). Percutaneous cryoablation and vertebroplasty: a case report. CARDIOVASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, 31(3), 669-672 [10.1007/s00270-007-9223-2].
Percutaneous cryoablation and vertebroplasty: a case report
MASALA, SALVATORE;ROSELLI, MARIO;MANENTI, GUGLIELMO;SIMONETTI, GIOVANNI MARIA EGISTO
2008-01-01
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A 70-year-old man with a painful vertebral metastasis was treated with combined percutaneous cryoablation and vertebroplasty therapy (CVT) in one session. The patient was suffering from diffuse visceral metastasized cholangiocarcinoma. After several weeks of back pain, magnetic resonance imaging documented a single L2 bone metastasis. In consultation with the oncologists, palliative combined CVT was administered with the aim of obtaining pain relief and bone stabilization. In our experience this combined treatment is safe and effective for immediate pain relief in painful bone metastases when other standard palliative treatments have failed.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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