Reference
Mamlouk MD, vanSonnenberg E, Stringfellow G, Smith D, Wendt A. 2009. Radiofrequency ablation and biopsy of metastatic pheochromocytoma: emphasizing safety issues and dangers. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 20:670–3. doi:10.1016/j.jvir.2009.01.031.
Abstract
The authors report a case of the safe performance of radiofrequency (RF) ablations and biopsies in a patient with metastatic pheochromocytoma. The patient had previously undergone RF ablation at another institution for a tumor in her liver; that procedure was complicated by a hypertensive crisis and cardiac arrest. Our experience emphasizes that, despite a prior life-threatening complication, careful pre-, intra-, and postprocedural care to avoid a hypertensive crisis allowed safe RF ablations and biopsies in a patient with pheochromocytoma.