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Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases was associated with pulmonary hemorrhage, likely due to radiofrequency energy causing injury to the diaphragm, pleura, and lung tissue.
Case Report (n=1)
Radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases can cause collateral injury to the diaphragm, pleura, and lung tissue, leading to pulmonary hemorrhage.
Alerts clinicians to diaphragmatic injury risk during liver RFA; leaves open incidence and prevention strategies.
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of primary or secondary liver neoplasm is a minimally invasive new technique that is useful in high-risk surgical patients. We describe a case of pulmonary hemorrhage in a patient undergoing percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases under general anesthesia. The patient subsequently had an uneventful recovery. We believe that radiofrequency energy caused injury to the diaphragm, pleura, and lung tissue.
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Rao et al. (2003) conducted a case report in Liver metastases (n=1). Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation was evaluated on Pulmonary hemorrhage. Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases was associated with pulmonary hemorrhage, likely due to radiofrequency energy causing injury to the diaphragm, pleura, and lung tissue.
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