Sunitinib maleate administration before percutaneous CT-guided cryoablation for large renal cell carcinoma: A case report

Kaori Nishizawa, MD; Tetsuya Katsumori, MD; Yuya Kotera, MD; Tatsuya Yoshikawa, MD; Tomoaki Nishimura, MD

Radiology Case Reports (Dec 2022)

Sunitinib maleate administration before percutaneous CT-guided cryoablation for large renal cell carcinoma: A case report

Kaori Nishizawa, MD,
Tetsuya Katsumori, MD,
Yuya Kotera, MD,
Tatsuya Yoshikawa, MD,
Tomoaki Nishimura, MD

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Kaori Nishizawa, MD: Department of Radiology, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, Ohashi 2-4-1, Ritto, Shiga, 520-3046, Japan; Corresponding author.
Tetsuya Katsumori, MD: Department of Radiology, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, Ohashi 2-4-1, Ritto, Shiga, 520-3046, Japan
Yuya Kotera, MD: Department of Radiology, Matsushita Memorial Hospital, Sotozima 5-55, Moriguchi, Osaka, 570-8540, Japan
Tatsuya Yoshikawa, MD: Department of Radiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
Tomoaki Nishimura, MD: Department of Radiology, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, Ohashi 2-4-1, Ritto, Shiga, 520-3046, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 12
pp. 4834 – 4837

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A 60-year-old woman taking anti-platelet drugs was referred to the hospital for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma. CT revealed that the tumor had a diameter of 5 cm and hyper-vascularity. Percutaneous CT-guided cryoablation (CA) was indicated. Since preprocedural arterial embolization failed to provide sufficient embolic effects, sunitinib maleate was administered. It provided good tumor devascularization and volume reduction, which corresponded to downstage. Therefore, the administration contributed to successfully performing subsequent percutaneous CT-guided CA with no serious hemorrhagic complications. Sunitinib maleate may be an alternative to conventional treatments before CA for renal cell carcinoma.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
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