Ultrasound-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation of Chemodectomas in Five Dogs.

ABSTRACT: Chemodectomas are low prevalence tumors with complex clinical management. Many present as an incidental finding however, in other dogs, they produce pericardial effusion and/or compression, leading to the appearance of severe clinical signs. There are currently several approaches: surgery, radiotherapy, stent placement and chemotherapy. This is the first description of percutaneous echo-guided radiofrequency ablation of aortic body tumors. This minimally invasive treatment is based on high frequency alternating electrical currents from an electrode that produces ionic agitation and generates frictional heat, causing coagulation necrosis. Five dogs with an echocardiographic and cytological diagnosis of chemodectoma underwent percutaneous echo-guided radiofrequency ablation. At the time of p

SUBMITTER: Gomez Ochoa P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8532905 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature