Open AccessApplication of curved ablation in liver cancer with special morphology or location: Report of two cases
Author(s) -
Nan Cao,
Huai-Jie Cai,
Xiaopeng Sun,
Delin Liu,
Bin Huang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i9.1713
Subject(s) - medicine , liver cancer , ablation , cirrhosis , cancer , liver tumor , radiology , diaphragm (acoustics) , hepatocellular carcinoma , magnetic resonance imaging , ultrasound , physics , acoustics , loudspeaker
Liver cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors with a high incidence and mortality. Hepatitis-liver cirrhosis-liver cancer is known as the trilogy of liver cancer. At present, due to significant development of imaging interventions, they occupy an irreplaceable position in the field of liver cancer treatment, especially ultrasound-guided ablation. Because patients with liver cancer often present with liver cirrhosis, which leads to morphological deformation of the liver, it is difficult to perform a linear ablation of liver cancer in the areas near the phrenic top and within large blood vessels, among others. The present study reports on two cases of liver cancer that have been subjected to curvilinear ablation. After 1 mo, magnetic resonance imaging showed complete ablation, demonstrating that ultrasound-guided curved ablation is feasible and effective in the treatment of liver cancer.