Journal of Thyroid Disorders & Therapy
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Abstract

Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation: Original Case Report

R. Cesareo, A. Palermo, A. Casini, I. Terrinoni, V. Pasqualini, G. Pelle, G. Campagna and R. Cianni

Background: Radiofrequency ablation has been reported to be effective and safe in reducing benign thyroid volume nodules. Most studies carried out so far were performed on a limited number of large nodules and often a subset of them required more than one single treatment.

Case report: We describe the case of 82-year-old woman with a very large volume thyroid nodule treated with a single session of thyroid radiofrequency ablation. After six months, the patient showed significant improvement of compression symptoms and significant volume reduction of 68% (from 152 mL to 48 mL).

Methods: To our knowledge, this is the first case report so far that proves the effectiveness and safety of radiofrequency ablation in such a large thyroid nodule.

Conclusions: Radiofrequency ablation is very effective technique for the percutaneous treatment of thyroid nodules. Further data are needed to define the effectiveness and the feasibility in treating large thyroid nodules.