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Pulmonary metastases are a common finding in patients with colonic adenocarcinoma. We report the treatment of a metastatic lung nodule with radiofrequency (RF) ablation under CT guidance. This case illustrates the use of RF ablation in a patient in whom surgical resection was no longer possible and where chemotherapy was unlikely to produce benefit. This technique may offer a viable method of cytoreduction when other treatments have not succeeded.
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Highland, A.M., Mack, P. & Breen, D.J. Radiofrequency thermal ablation of a metastatic lung nodule. Eur Radiol 12 (Suppl 3), S166–S170 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-002-1648-z
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