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17278208

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-2-5
pubmed:abstractText
Percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation (RFA) is an effective and safe therapeutic modality in the management of liver malignancies, performed with ultrasound guidance. Potential complications of RFA include liver abscess, ascites, pleural effusion, skin burn, hypoxemia, pneumothorax, subcapsular hematoma, hemoperitoneum, liver failure, tumour seeding, biliary lesions. Here we describe for the first time a case of biliary gastric fistula occurred in a 66-year old man with a Child's class A alcoholic liver cirrhosis as a complication of RFA of a large hepatocellular carcinoma lesion in the III segment. In the light of this case, RFA with injection of saline between the liver and adjacent gastrointestinal tract, as well as laparoscopic RFA, ethanol injection (PEI), or other techniques such as chemoembolization, appear to be more indicated than percutaneous RFA for large lesions close to the gastrointestinal tract.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1007-9327
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
804-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
A case of biliary gastric fistula following percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, S. Massimo Civil Hospital, Aquila, Penne (Pe) 65017, Italy. angela.falco@email.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports