1. Radiofrequency Ablation of Renal Transitional Cell Carcinoma with Protective Cold Saline Infusion 
Dietrich Schultze, MD, Christopher S. Morris, MD, Anant D. Bhave, MD, Barbara A. Worgan, RN, NP-C, Kenneth E. Najarian, MD 
Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 
Volume 14, Issue 4, Pages (April 2003)
DOI: /01.RVI B
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2. Figure 1
Nephrostography, performed with the patient prone, demonstrates a large irregular mass, which represents the transitional cell carcinoma, in the ureteropelvic junction of the left kidney (arrows).
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3. Figure 2
AP radiography, performed with the patient prone, shows the triple-cluster RF ablation probe with the tips located in the region of the tumor in the ureteropelvic junction of the left kidney.
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4. Figure 3
Follow-up nephrostography at 4 weeks shows significant decrease in the size of the tumor in the ureteropelvic junction of the left kidney and a widely patent collecting system without leakage of contrast material.
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5. Figure 4
Follow-up US of the left kidney at 26 weeks reveals a shrunken kidney, with dilatation of the collecting system, but no evidence of a residual tumor.
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