JBR Journal of Clinical Diagnosis and Research
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Case Report

Percutaneous Cryoablation for the Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma with Paraneoplastic Manifestations

May Jean Counsilman¹, Michael J Amirian², Colette M Shaw³ and Costas D Lallas^2*

¹Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA

²Department of Urology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

³Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Corresponding Author:

Lallas CD
Department of Urology
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Tel : (215) 955-6961
E-mail: Costas.lallas@jefferson.edu

Received date:June 20, 2014; Accepted date: August 25, 2014; Published date: September 02,2014

Citation: Counsilman MJ, Amirian MJ, Shaw CM, Lallas CD (2014) Percutaneous Cryoablation for the Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma with Paraneoplastic Manifestations. J Clin Diagn Res 2:109. doi:10.4172/2376-0311.1000109

Copyright: 2014 Counsilman MJ, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

We report on a patient who presented with severe myoclonus as a paraneoplastic syndrome due to a renal cell carcinoma. In a patient who had contraindications against definitive extirpative surgery, this is the first instance in which percutaneous cryoablation was used as a successful treatment for the renal cell carcinoma and neurological manifestations.

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