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Case Reports
. 2012 Jun;18(6):CS43-7.
doi: 10.12659/msm.882888.

Irreversible electroporation of lung neoplasm: a case series

Mumal Usman  1 , William Moore, Ronak Talati, Kevin Watkins, Thomas V Bilfinger
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Case Reports

Irreversible electroporation of lung neoplasm: a case series

Mumal Usman et al. Med Sci Monit. 2012 Jun.

Abstract

Background: Percutaneous irreversible electroporation (IRE) of lung tumors is a new minimally invasive technique which has recently been used in the treatment of soft tissue tumors.

Case reports: The case histories are presented of two patients with unresectable malignancies in the lung, who underwent irreversible electroporation as a treatment attempt. The procedure was performed under CT guidance and was uneventful.

Conclusions: At follow up 6 months later, the tumors both appeared to have recurred. To our knowledge, no similar cases have previously been reported in the literature.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
33-year-old male with metastatic sarcoma to the right hilum (A), shows one of the three probe inserted and (B) shows the second probe inserted the third probe is not included. (C) Sagittal CT image of the chest in lung window with the overlying treatment planning grid generated by the IRE device showing the three nano-knives within the right hilar metastatic sarcoma.
Figure 2
Figure 2
70-year-old female with biopsy proven lung cancer (A) shows the right para-tracheal location of the mass abutting the posterior wall of the trachea mass with one of three nano-knives in place. (B) Right para-tracheal mass with two of the three nano-knives in place. (C) Probe placement plan-diagram overlying oblique coronal CT image with the three probes within the tumor.
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