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Radiofrequency ablation of metastatic lesion of the right femur after primary breast cancer

Breast cancer also spreads to distant sites, mostly lung and pleura, liver, bone, adrenals, skin and brain. Metastatic tumors of the long bones usually present with severe pain refractory to analgesic therapy and risk of pathologic fractures. We present 66 year old female with metastatic lesion in right femur after surgical treatment of left breast carcinoma 5 years earlier. Severe pain in the middle of the right thigh was resistant to palliative irradiation therapy. We performed radiofrequency ablation of the metastatic lesion of the right femur under open approach. This resulted in total necrosis of the tumor mass that caused osteolysis of the internal part of the femoral cortex. First three months after RFA procedure, the pain and tenderness were absent and normal daily activities were performed without restrictions.

Radiofrequency ablation ; metastasis ; femur

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