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Case Reports
. 2009 May;20(5):670-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.01.031. Epub 2009 Mar 28.

Radiofrequency ablation and biopsy of metastatic pheochromocytoma: emphasizing safety issues and dangers

Mark D Mamlouk  1 , Eric vanSonnenberg, Gregory Stringfellow, Dean Smith, Albert Wendt
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Radiofrequency ablation and biopsy of metastatic pheochromocytoma: emphasizing safety issues and dangers

Mark D Mamlouk et al. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2009 May.

Abstract

The authors report a case of the safe performance of radiofrequency (RF) ablations and biopsies in a patient with metastatic pheochromocytoma. The patient had previously undergone RF ablation at another institution for a tumor in her liver; that procedure was complicated by a hypertensive crisis and cardiac arrest. Our experience emphasizes that, despite a prior life-threatening complication, careful pre-, intra-, and postprocedural care to avoid a hypertensive crisis allowed safe RF ablations and biopsies in a patient with pheochromocytoma.

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