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Republished: Renal cell carcinoma metastasis involving vertebral hemangioma: dual percutaneous treatment by navigational bipolar radiofrequency ablation and high viscosity cement vertebroplasty
  1. Jean-Baptiste Zerlauth,
  2. Reto Meuli,
  3. Vincent Dunet
  1. Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
  1. Correspondence to Dr Vincent Dunet, Lausanne University Hospital, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Lausanne, Vaud 1011, Switzerland; vincent.dunet{at}chuv.ch

Abstract

The case of a 70-year-old woman with progressive renal cell carcinoma (RCC) metastatic invasion of a L3 vertebral hemangioma treated by dual percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and vertebroplasty is reported. The patient was surgically treated for RCC in 2001. Chemotherapy and immunotherapy were introduced in 2013 for ovarian, bladder and cerebral metastatic disease. An asymptomatic L3 benign hemangioma was noticed at this time. One-year CT and MRI follow-up studies demonstrated a nodular isolated soft tissue lesion involving the anterior edge of the hemangioma. Percutaneous treatment consisted of a L3 vertebral body unipedicular approach to perform a biopsy, RFA with a navigational bipolar RFA device and vertebroplasty using high viscosity cement. Histopathological examination confirmed metastasis of RCC. The 5-month spinal MRI and CT examinations demonstrated complete disappearance of the tumor.

  • Spine
  • Metastatic
  • Navigation
  • Device

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Footnotes

  • Republished with permission from BMJ Case Reports Published 2 February 2017; doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-012931

  • Contributors JBZ and VD were involved in case design, data collection, first draft writing and manuscript editing. RM was involved in data collection and manuscript editing. JBZ, RM and VD gave their consent before submission.

  • Competing interests None declared.

  • Patient consent Obtained.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.