Combined treatments with microballoon catheters and multiple cryoablation probes for shoulder-subclavian soft tissue hemangiopericytoma: A case report

Renato Argirò, MD, PhD; Giorgio Ciccarese, MD; Leonardo Vattermoli, MD; Sara Crociati, MD; Vincenzo Iannibelli, MD; Valentina Forte, MD; Daniele Morosetti, MD, PhD; Roberto Floris, MD, PhD

Radiology Case Reports (Sep 2023)

Combined treatments with microballoon catheters and multiple cryoablation probes for shoulder-subclavian soft tissue hemangiopericytoma: A case report

Renato Argirò, MD, PhD,
Giorgio Ciccarese, MD,
Leonardo Vattermoli, MD,
Sara Crociati, MD,
Vincenzo Iannibelli, MD,
Valentina Forte, MD,
Daniele Morosetti, MD, PhD,
Roberto Floris, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Renato Argirò, MD, PhD: Interventional Radiology Unit, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Viale Oxford 81, Rome, 00133, Italy
Giorgio Ciccarese, MD: Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, Rome, 00133, Italy
Leonardo Vattermoli, MD: Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, Rome, 00133, Italy; Corresponding author.
Sara Crociati, MD: Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, Rome, 00133, Italy
Vincenzo Iannibelli, MD: Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, Rome, 00133, Italy
Valentina Forte, MD: Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, Rome, 00133, Italy
Daniele Morosetti, MD, PhD: Interventional Radiology Unit, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Viale Oxford 81, Rome, 00133, Italy
Roberto Floris, MD, PhD: Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, Rome, 00133, Italy; Neuroradiology Unit, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Viale Oxford 81, Rome, 00133, Italy; Neurology Unit, Department of Neurology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, Rome, 00133, Italy

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18, no. 9
pp. 3346 – 3350

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We describe a case of a 65-year-old woman affected by hemangiopericytoma/solitary fibrous tumor of the right shoulder—subclavian region. Hemangiopericytoma/solitary fibrous tumor is a rare tumor of uncertain malignancy. She reports shoulder pain and inability to abduct the arm and elevate the shoulder. Imaging showed erosion of the scapula. The patient underwent 5 sessions of “on demand” embolization in the previous 2 years scheduled for recurrence of symptoms-swelling of tissues. Further 2 treatments were achieved through embolization via 2 different microballoon catheter combined with percutaneous cryoablation with 5 probes. Images after the treatment demonstrate a marked reduction in the hypervascularized area and an increase in the necrosis area. So, this combined treatment is safety and reproducible also in extrahepatic tissue.

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
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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