Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Radio-frequency Ablation: Spectrum of Imaging Findings

Radiographics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-121

  Kim, Seung Kwon ^a   Lim, Hyo Keun ^a   Kim, Young Han ^a   Lee, Won Jae ^a   Lee, Soon Jin ^a   Kim, Seung Hoon ^a   Lim, Jae Hoon ^a   Kim, Soo Ah ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Liver neoplasms, 76.323; Liver neoplasms, CT, 76.1211; Liver neoplasms, MR, 76.1214; Liver neoplasms, therapy; Liver neoplasms, US, 76.1298; Radiofrequency (RF) ablation, 761.1269

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CATHETER ABLATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FOLLOW UP; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LONG TERM CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; AGED; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0038192383     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.231025055     Document Type: Review

References (46)

1. Schafer DF, Sorrell MF. Hepatocellular carcinoma. Lancet 1999; 353:1253-1257.
2. Tsuzuki T, Sugioka A, Ueda M. Hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma. Surgery 1990; 107: 511-520.
3. Nakamura H, Hashimoto T, Oi H, et al. Transcatheter oily chemoembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma. Radiology 1989; 170:783-786.
4. Livraghi T, Giorgio A, Marin G, et al. Hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis in 746 patients: long-term results of percutaneous ethanol injection. Radiology 1995; 197:101-108.
5. Honda N, Guo Q, Uchida H, Ohishi H, Hiasa Y. Percutaneous hot saline injection therapy for hepatic tumors: an alternative to percutaneous ethanol injection therapy. Radiology 1994; 190:53-57.
6. Murakami R, Yoshimatsu S, Yamashita Y, Matsukawa T, Takahashi M, Sagara K. Treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: value of percutaneous microwave coagulation. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1995; 164:1159-1164.
7. Vogl TJ, Muller PK, Hammerstingl R, et al. Malignant liver tumors treated with MR imaging-guided laser-induced thermo-therapy: technique and prospective results. Radiology 1995; 196:257-265.
8. Haddad FF, Chapman WC, Wright JK, Blair TK, Pinson CW. Clinical experience with cryosurgery for advanced hepatobiliary tumors. J Surg Res 1998; 75:103-108.
9. Rossi S, Fornari F, Buscarini L. Percutaneous ultrasound-guided radiofrequency electrocautery for the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma. J Intervent Radiol 1993; 8:97-103.
10. Rossi S, Buscarini E, Garbagnati F, et al. Percutaneous treatment of small hepatic tumors by an expandable RF needle electrode. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1998; 170:1015-1022.
11. Livraghi T, Goldberg SN, Lazzaroni S, Meloni F, Solbiati L, Gazelle GS. Small hepatocellular carcinoma: treatment with radio-frequency ablation versus ethanol injection. Radiology 1999; 210: 655-661.
12. Lim HK. Radiofrequency thermal ablation of hepatocellular carcinomas. Korean J Radiol 2000; 1:175-184.
13. Lencioni R, Caramella D, Bartolozzi C. Hepatocellular carcinoma: use of color Doppler US to evaluate response to treatment with percutaneous ethanol injection. Radiology 1995; 194:113-118.
14. Koito K, Namieno T, Ichimura T, et al. Power Doppler sonography: evaluation of hepatocellular carcinoma after treatment with transarterial embolization or percutaneous ethanol injection therapy. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2000; 174:337-341.
15. Bartolozzi C, Lencioni R, Caramella D, Falaschi F, Cioni R, DiCoscio G. Hepatocellular carcinoma: CT and MR features after transcatheter arterial embolization and percutaneous ethanol injection. Radiology 1994; 191:123-128.
16. Choi D, Lim HK, Kim SH, et al. Hepatocellular carcinoma treated with percutaneous radio-frequency ablation: usefulness of power Doppler US with a microbubble contrast agent in evaluating therapeutic response - preliminary results. Radiology 2000; 217:558-563.
17. Sironi S, Livraghi T, Meloni F, et al. Small hepatocellular carcinoma treated with percutaneous RF ablation: MR imaging follow-up. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1999; 173:1225-1229.
18. Rossi S, Buscarini E, Garbangnati F, et al. Percutaneous RF interstitial thermal ablation in the treatment of hepatic cancer. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1996; 167:759-768.
19. Gazelle GS, Goldberg SN, Solbiati L, Livraghi T. Tumor ablation with radio-frequency energy. Radiology 2000; 217:633-646.
20. Goldberg SN, Gazelle GS, Compton CC, Mueller PR, Tanabe KK. Treatment of intrahepatic malignancy with radiofrequency ablation: radiologicpathologic correlation. Cancer 2000; 88:2452-2463.
21. Goldberg SN, Walovitch R, Halpern EF, Gazelle GS. Immediate detection of radiofrequency-induced coagulation necrosis using a novel ultrasound contrast agent. Radiology 1999; 213:438-444.
22. Shirato K, Numata K, Mitsui K, et al. Color Doppler sonography for evaluating response to transcatheter arterial embolization and percutaneous ethanol injection therapy and for detecting recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma. J Ultrasound Med 2000; 19:807-814.
23. Goldberg SN, Gazelle GS, Solbiati L, et al. Percutaneous radio-frequency liver tumor ablation. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1998; 170:1023-1028.
24. Solbiati L, Goldberg SN, Ierace T, Dellanoce M, Livraghi T, Gazelle GS. Radio-frequency ablation of hepatic metastases: postprocedural assessment with a US microbubble contrast agent - early experience. Radiology 1999; 211:643-649.
25. Goldberg SN, Walovitch RC, Straub JA, Shore MT, Gazelle GS. Radio-frequency-induced coagulation necrosis in rabbits: immediate detection at US with a synthetic microsphere contrast agent. Radiology 1999; 213:438-444.
26. Kim AY, Choi BI, Kim TK, et al. Hepatocellular carcinoma: power Doppler US with a contrast agent - preliminary results. Radiology 1998; 209: 135-140.
27. Fiore F, Vallone P, Ricchi R, et al. Levovist-enhanced Doppler sonography to evaluate response to percutaneous ethanol injection in hepatocellular carcinoma. J Clin Gastroenterol 2000; 31:164-168.
28. Solbiati L, Cova L, Ierace T, Osti V, Marelli P, Goldberg SN. Contrast-enhanced wide-band harmonic gray-scale sonography for the assessment of local control of hepatocellular carcinoma treated with radiofrequency ablation: any chance to replace contrast-enhanced helical CT (abstr). Radiology 2000; 217(P):608.
29. Lim HK, Han JK. Hepatocellular carcinoma: evaluation of therapeutic response to interventional procedures. Abdom Imaging 2002; 27:168-179.
30. Lim HK, Choi D, Lee WJ, et al. Hepatocellular carcinoma treated with percutaneous radio-frequency ablation: evaluation with follow-up multiphase helical CT. Radiology 2001; 221:447-454.
31. Mitsuzaki K, Yamashita Y, Nishiharu T, et al. CT appearance of hepatic tumors after microwave coagulation therapy. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1998; 171:1397-1403.
32. Bartolozzi C, Lencioni R, Caramella D, Falaschi F, Cioni R, DiCoscio G. Hepatocellular carcinoma: CT and MR features after transcatheter arterial embolization and percutaneous ethanol injection. Radiology 1994; 191:123-128.
33. Ebara M, Kita K, Sugiura N, et al. Therapeutic effect of percutaneous ethanol injection on small hepatocellular carcinoma: evaluation with CT. Radiology 1995; 195:371-377.
34. Lee SJ, Lim JH, Lim HK, et al. Transient subsegmental hepatic parenchymal enhancement on dynamic CT: a new sign of postbiopsy arterioportal shunt. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1997; 21:355-360.
35. Yoshikawa J, Matsui O, Kadoya M, et al. Hepatocellular carcinoma: CT appearance of parenchymal changes after percutaneous ethanol injection therapy. Radiology 1995; 194:107-111.
36. Joseph FB, Baumgarten DA, Bernardino ME. Hepatocellular carcinoma: CT appearance after percutaneous ethanol ablation therapy. Radiology 1993; 186:553-556.
37. Lencioni R, Carmella D, Bartolozzi C. Response of hepatocellular carcinoma to percutaneous ethanol injection: CT and MR evaluation. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1993; 17:723-729.
38. Bartolozzi C, Lencioni R, Caramella D, Mazzeo S, Ciancia EM. Treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma with percutaneous ethanol injection: evaluation with contrast-enhanced MR imaging. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1994; 162:827-831.
39. Nagel HS, Bernardino ME. Contrast-enhanced MR imaging of hepatic lesions treated with percutaneous ethanol ablation therapy. Radiology 1993; 189:262-270.
40. Goldberg SN, Gazelle SG, Mueller PR. Thermal ablation therapy for focal malignancy: a unified approach to underlying principles, techniques, and diagnostic imaging guidance. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2000; 174:323-331.
41. Steiner P, Botnar R, Dubno B, Zimmermann GG, Gazelle GS, Debatin JF. Radio-frequency-induced thermoablation: monitoring with T1-weighted and proton-frequency-shift MR imaging in an interventional 0.5-T environment. Radiology 1998; 206:803-810.
42. Dromain C, de Baere T, Elias D, et al. Hepatic tumors treated with percutaneous radio-frequency ablation: CT and MR imaging follow-up. Radiology 2002; 223:255-262.
43. Choi H, Loyer EM, DuBrow RA, et al. Radio-frequency ablation of liver tumors: assessment of therapeutic response and complications. Radio-Graphics 2001; 21:S41-S54.
44. Livraghi T, Solbiati L, Meloni F, Ierace T, Goldberg SN. Complications after cool-tip RF ablation of liver cancer: initial report of the Italian Multicenter Cool-tip RF Study Group (abstr). Radiology 2000; 217(P):27.
45. Chung JW, Park JH, Han JK, et al. Hepatic tumors: predisposing factors for complications of transcather oily chemoembolization. Radiology 1996; 198:33-40.
46. Di Stasi M, Ruscarini L, Livraghi T, et al. Percutaneous ethanol injection therapy in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: a multicenter survey of evaluation practices and complication rate. Scand J Gastroenterol 1997; 32:1168-1173.