Nuclear Imaging to Detect Diaphragmatic Perforation as a Rare Complication of Microwave Ablation

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Anterior planar nuclear images of the thorax (upper images) and abdomen (lower images) obtained after radiotracer administration with Technetium-labeled albumin into the peritoneal cavity. Images were obtained immediately after tracer injection (a) and at intervals of 15 minutes (b) and 90 minutes (c). Very faint radiotracer accumulation is evident in the right hemi thorax immediately (a) and is more pronounced at 15 minutes (b) and at 90 minutes (c). Radiotracer is seen to equalize in the abdomen over time (bottom images of (a), (b), and (c)). There is no visible tracer in the left hemi thorax.

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