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Case Reports
. 2018 Jul 10:5:191.
doi: 10.3389/fmed.2018.00191. eCollection 2018.

Computer Tomography-Guided Percutaneous Indocyanine Green Injection for Intraoperative Mapping of Metastatic Suspected Lesions

Anne Kreklau  1 , Ruben Lopez Benitez  2 , Jürgen Fornaro  2 , Gesine Meili  1 , Andreas Günthert  1
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Computer Tomography-Guided Percutaneous Indocyanine Green Injection for Intraoperative Mapping of Metastatic Suspected Lesions

Anne Kreklau et al. Front Med (Lausanne). .

Abstract

Introduction: Surgical treatment in oncology is one of the main part concerning the surveillance rate of the patient in case of tumor recurrence. Metastatic suspected lesions are mostly located in the abdomen or pelvis and are diagnosed by PET, MRI, or CT scan. Especially surgery of small lesions in recurrent disease for diagnostic or therapeutic purpose is often challenging. Material and Methods: We report a case series of 3 patients who were treated in our department due to a metastatic suspected lesion in PET-CT in follow up. For histological confirmation we performed a laparoscopy using a near infrared camera (NIR) for an improved visualization of the metastatic suspected lesion during surgical treatment. Previously the lesion was marked with an amount of Indocyanine Green (ICG) via computer tomography-guided percutaneous injection. The lesion was identified via NIR camera. While changing the camera in NIR mode, it show up as a blue spot due to the fluorescent signal. After correct identification it was removed and send to pathology. Results: In all 3 cases they confirmed the diagnosis of a metastatic lesion. Complication occur in just one case, where the metastatic lymph node infiltrated the external iliac vein, which led to a high blood loss. In this case a vascular interposition had to be done. Conclusions: Because of separate wavelengths, which are used for illumination and recording, only the marked area is visible, not the background.Due to correct identification, resection of the lesion was improved and healthy surrounding tissue could have been spared.

Keywords: ICG; Indocyanine Green; gynecological metastatic suspected lesions; gynecological oncology; mapping metastatic suspected lesions.

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Metastatic suspected lesions in CT scan (marked with arrow).
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Computer tomography guided ICG injection into the suspected lesion.
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Situs intraoperatively: metastatic suspected lesion (1), external iliac vein (2).
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Illumination of the suspected lesion in infrared mode.
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