Two cases with cavity formation followed by infection after CT-guided radiofrequency ablation for unresectable lung metastases from colorectal cancers

Japanese Journal of Lung Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 857-861

  Okuma, Tomohisa ^a   Matsuoka, Toshiyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Akira ^a   Toyoshima, Masami ^b   Inoue, Kiyotoshi ^a   Inoue, Yuichi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kobe Nishishimin Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cavity; Radiofrequency ablation; Unresectable lung tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFLAMMATION; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

EID: 31444431763     PISSN: 03869628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2482/haigan.45.857     Document Type: Article

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