Fig. 7
From: Image-guided percutaneous ablation for the treatment of lung malignancies: current state of the art
Mild lung hemorrhage in the path of the ablation probe. a, b CT-guided percutaneous RFA with an expandable probe of a stage 1 NSCLC (arrow in a). The expandable probe completely covers the tumor in b (arrow), and the formation of a lung hemorrhage is visible in the probe’s path (triangle). c In the CT scan performed immediately after the procedure, we can observe a mild lung hemorrhage related to the probe’s path (triangle). d The lung hemorrhage remains stable in the CT 24 h after the procedure, and the patient remains asymptomatic. Note the presence of a ground-glass halo englobing a consolidative center, a suggestive sign of a correct ablative treatment (arrow in d)