Department of Clinical Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu, China.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2022 Nov 8;35(6). doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivac277.
Thermal ablation has become a novel method for the treatment of pulmonary nodules, but the short-time evaluation of the ablation effect is mainly based on computed tomography images. We report a case of local tumour residue after microwave ablation, which was confirmed by pathology after lobectomy. This case alerts us that thermal ablation should not be the preferred treatment for operable pulmonary nodules.
热消融已成为治疗肺结节的一种新方法,但消融效果的短期评估主要基于计算机断层扫描图像。我们报告了一例微波消融后局部肿瘤残留的病例,该病例在肺叶切除术后经病理证实。该病例提醒我们,热消融不应作为可手术肺结节的首选治疗方法。