Abstract
Adrenal tumors comprise a broad spectrum of benign and malignant neoplasm, including functional adrenal adenomas, pheochromocytomas, malignant adrenocortical carcinomas, myelolipomas, and adrenal metastases. The traditional treatment of adrenal tumors including open and laparoscopic resection has been proven to be potentially curative and to offer survival benefits; however, many patients are not surgical candidates. Therefore, less invasive techniques have been used in an attempt to treat adrenal neoplasm. As one of minimally invasive techniques, percutaneous image-guided microwave ablation has achieved optimistic effect in treatment of primary and metastatic adrenal tumors. In the following chapter, we review the patient selection, pre-procedure management, equipment, microwave ablation procedures, post-ablation observation, imaging follow-up, and therapeutic efficacy assessment of microwave ablation on adrenal tumors, in comparison to surgery, radiofrequency ablation, cryoablation, laser ablation, and chemical ablation.
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- CT:
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Computed tomography
- MWA:
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Microwave ablation
- RFA:
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Radiofrequency ablation
- US:
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Ultrasound
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Feng, B., Mu, M., Liang, P. (2015). Microwave Ablation of Adrenal Tumors. In: Liang, P., Yu, Xl., Yu, J. (eds) Microwave Ablation Treatment of Solid Tumors. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9315-5_20
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