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Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of a bleeding pseudoaneurysm during CT-guided renal cancer treatment. A case report

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We describe a new emergency interventional radiology approach in percutaneous procedure complications. We present the case of an 81-year-old male with small renal cancer, approached with percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RTA) and complicated by pseudoaneurysm bleeding of a renal artery branch. In the emergency setting, pseudoaneurysm was treated in the CT room by the same RTA needle, without any complications or local tumor recurrence during the next 6-month follow-up.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via A. del Portillo, 200, 00128, Rome, Italy

    Eliodoro Faiella, Giulia Frauenfelder, Domiziana Santucci, Giacomo Luppi, Bruno Beomonte Zobel & Rosario Francesco Grasso

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Faiella, E., Frauenfelder, G., Santucci, D. et al. Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of a bleeding pseudoaneurysm during CT-guided renal cancer treatment. A case report. Emerg Radiol 23, 527–530 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-016-1432-z

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