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Radiology, Vol 208, 789-794, Copyright © 1998 by Radiological Society of North America

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Vascular lesions in children: percutaneous MR imaging-guided interstitial Nd:YAG laser therapy--preliminary experience

FK Wacker, D Cholewa, A Roggan, A Schilling, J Waldschmidt and KJ Wolf
Department of Radiology, Benjamin Franklin Hospital, Free University Berlin, Germany. wacker@ukbf.fu-berlin.de

PURPOSE: To investigate the use of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging to guide interstitial laser therapy of deep hemangiomas and vascular malformations in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixteen children aged 3 months to 16 years with symptomatic vascular lesions underwent percutaneous laser treatment. MR imaging guidance of the laser applicator and online thermomonitoring with MR imaging were performed with a 0.2-T open MR system. Follow-up studies were performed 2 days and 6 weeks after thermotherapy. RESULTS: Interactive positioning of the laser applicator was possible in all patients. Online thermomonitoring was possible in 122 of 137 therapy spots (89%). There was a good correlation between volumes of coagulated tissue on intraprocedural T1-weighted images and volumes of coagulated tissue on follow-up T2-weighted images. At 6-week follow-up, MR imaging demonstrated a reduction in lesion size in 10 patients (mean reduction, 72%) and an increase in lesion size in two patients (mean increase, 134%). Clinical symptoms improved in 14 of 16 patients (88%). CONCLUSION: MR imaging-guided laser therapy appears to be a safe and potentially effective minimally invasive treatment for selected children with vascular lesions.


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