Author/Authors :
Sayegh, Fares Orthopaedic Dept. - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School - Papageorgiou General Hospital - Thessaloniki RingRoad West - Thessaloniki, Greece , Papavasiliou, Kyriakos Orthopaedic Dept. - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School - Papageorgiou General Hospital - Thessaloniki RingRoad West - Thessaloniki, Greece , Tsiridis, Eleftherios Orthopaedic Dept. - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School - Papageorgiou General Hospital - Thessaloniki RingRoad West - Thessaloniki, Greece , Bintoudi, Antonia Department of Radiology - Papageorgiou General Hospital - Thessaloniki Ring Road West - Thessaloniki, Greece , Vlahodimos, Apostolos Department of Radiology - Papageorgiou General Hospital - Thessaloniki Ring Road West - Thessaloniki, Greece , Tsitouridis, Ioannis Department of Radiology - Papageorgiou General Hospital - Thessaloniki Ring Road West - Thessaloniki, Greece , Hytiroglou, Prodromos Department of Pathology - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School - University Campus - Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract :
Only three cases of patients suffering from a localized chronic form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) successfully treated withradiofrequency ablation (RFA) have been published so far. This is thefirst case report of a patient with a localized chronic form ofLCH of the femur, which was successfully treated with percutaneous image-guided RFA, and who was evaluated pre-RFA andfollowed up post-RFA for a period of 48 months, in order to validate the safety and efficacy of this method and to obtainimaging studies depicting the actual in situ changes taking place post-RFA. RFA was proved to be a safe and efficient methodwhen treating patients with a localized chronic form of LCH
Keywords :
Localized Chronic Form , Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis , 16-Year-Old Male Successfully Treated , Radiofrequency Ablation , LCH , RFA
