OBJECTIVE Our aim was to report our experience with office-based treatment of severe laryngeal papillomatosis with percutaneous injection of cidofovir in a case series of 5 patients. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING We conducted a retrospective review of a case series in a tertiary academic care voice disorders clinic. Adult patients with papillomas of the vocal cords and anterior commissure received...

Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) is a relatively new method of ultrasound images useful during cardiac percutaneous interventional procedures. The first human experience with this method was published in 2000 and, since then, several original trials have enrolled this useful method, proving similar and more useful than transesophageal echocardiography in percutaneous treatment of several con...

Cystic echinococcosis is a zoonosis caused by larval forms of the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus and transmitted by dogs. In humans, the disease is characterized by slowly growing cyst commonly occurring in liver and lungs. Clinical features of hepatic hydatid cyst are mainly right upper quadrant pain, feeling of lump and enlarged tender liver. The cyst may be complicated by infection or rupt...

BACKGROUND Radiation therapy (RT) is the current gold standard for palliation of painful vertebral metastases. However, other percutaneous modalities such as radiofrequency ablation (RFA), cryoablation, and vertebral augmentation have also been shown to be effective in alleviating symptoms. Combined RT and ablation may be more effective than either therapy alone in palliating painful metastatic...

The aim of this study was to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic ablation for cirrhotic HCC patients. Between January 2004 and December 2009, laparoscopic ablation was applied prospectively in 169 consecutive HCC patients (median age 62 years, 43% hepatitis C positive) considered ineligible for liver resection and/or percutaneous ablation. There was clinically relevant portal hy...

Parathyroid cyst is a very rare abnormality. The diagnosis can be made based on ultrasound and the analysis of the aspirated cystic fluid for parathyroid hormone (PTH). We report the case of a nonfunctional parathyroid cyst in a 50-year-old female patient with an anterior neck mass. The patient was complaining of pain in the anterior cervical region, dysphagia, dyspnea and dysphonia started thr...

We describe the spontaneous rupture of a simple hepatic cyst. A 62-year-old woman was admitted for right upper quadrant pain of sudden onset. The patient denied a history of abdominal trauma. Computed tomography of the abdomen showed a 13-cm-diameter solitary hepatic cyst in the right lobe. Part of the cyst surface was irregular, and the internal echo was heterogeneous. Retained fluid was detec...

OBJECTIVE To find the incidence of moderate to severe pain after percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and to identify the factors affecting unwanted pain scores. MATERIAL AND METHOD This prospective study was conducted on patients who underwent percutaneous radiofrequency ablation under intravenous sedation and local anesthesia. The pain scores ...

Follow-up of 13 patients who underwent radiologically guided percutaneous needle aspiration of simple liver cysts revealed cyst recurrence in all patients within 2 years. While still effective as a primary diagnostic maneuver, percutaneous aspiration seems to lack permanent therapeutic benefit. However, it may be used as a therapeutic trial to confirm the origin of the patient's symptoms. The p...

BACKGROUND Primary or metastatic osseous and soft tissue lesions can be treated by ablation techniques. METHODS These techniques are classified into chemical ablation (including ethanol or acetic acid injection) and thermal ablation (including laser, radiofrequency, microwave, cryoablation, radiofrequency ionisation and MR-guided HIFU). Ablation can be performed either alone or in combination...