TY - JOUR
T1 - Brachial Nerve Injury Caused by Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation of Apical Lung Cancer
T2 - A Report of Four Cases
AU - Hiraki, Takao
AU - Gobara, Hideo
AU - Mimura, Hidefumi
AU - Sano, Yoshifumi
AU - Toyooka, Shinichi
AU - Shibamoto, Kentaro
AU - Kishi, Ryotaro
AU - Uka, Mayu
AU - Kanazawa, Susumu
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - The present report describes four cases of brachial nerve injury caused by percutaneous radiofrequency (RF) ablation of lung cancer. All the tumors were located in the lung apex. The patients developed symptoms indicative of a low brachial plexus injury during RF ablation or as long as 7 days afterward. These symptoms partially receded over time. The indications of RF ablation in patients with apical lung cancer should be carefully determined because of the risk of brachial nerve injury associated with the procedure.
AB - The present report describes four cases of brachial nerve injury caused by percutaneous radiofrequency (RF) ablation of lung cancer. All the tumors were located in the lung apex. The patients developed symptoms indicative of a low brachial plexus injury during RF ablation or as long as 7 days afterward. These symptoms partially receded over time. The indications of RF ablation in patients with apical lung cancer should be carefully determined because of the risk of brachial nerve injury associated with the procedure.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jvir.2010.03.007
DO - 10.1016/j.jvir.2010.03.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 20537909
AN - SCOPUS:77953873771
SN - 1051-0443
VL - 21
SP - 1129
EP - 1133
JO - Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
JF - Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
IS - 7
ER -
