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Percutaneous Cryotherapy of Vascular Malformation: Initial Experience

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The present report describes a case of percutaneous cryotherapy in a 36-year-old woman with a large and painful pectoral venous malformation. Cryoablation was performed in a single session for this 9-cm mass with 24 h hospitalisation. At 2- and 6-month follow-up, the pain had completely disappeared, and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a significant decrease in size. Percutaneous cryoablation shows promise as a feasible and apparently safe method for local control in patients with symptomatic venous vascular malformations.

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The authors thank Pippa McKelvie-Sebileau of Institut Bergonié for medical editorial services.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Institut Bergonié, 229 cours de l’Argonne, 33076, Bordeaux, France

    F. Cornelis, M. Kind & J. Palussière

  2. Department of Radiology, Pellegrin Hospital, Place Amélie Raba Léon, 33076, Bordeaux, France

    F. Cornelis & N. Grenier

  3. Department of Pathology, Institut Bergonié, 229 cours de l’Argonne, 33076, Bordeaux, France

    A. Neuville

  4. Department of Pediatric Dermatology, Pellegrin Hospital, Place Amélie Raba Léon, 33076, Bordeaux, France

    C. Labrèze

  5. Department of Oncology, Institut Bergonié, 229 cours de l’Argonne, 33076, Bordeaux, France

    B. Bui

  6. Department of Vascular Surgery, Pellegrin Hospital, Place Amélie Raba Léon, 33076, Bordeaux, France

    D. Midy

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Cornelis, F., Neuville, A., Labrèze, C. et al. Percutaneous Cryotherapy of Vascular Malformation: Initial Experience. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 36, 853–856 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-012-0434-9

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