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title: MWA of five invisible liver lesions with MRI/CT fusion
description: "A young woman with metastatic colorectal cancer presented with five invisible lesions. The lesions located in Liver Segments: VIII, VI/VIII, II/III, VIII and VIII were treated with the support of CAS-One IR. The MDT decided for Quality Ablation, because its ability to simulate a treatment plan fused with the former MRI."
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 Thursday, 26 October 2023

# MWA of five invisible liver lesions with MRI/CT fusion

A young woman with metastatic colorectal cancer presented with five invisible lesions. The lesions located in Liver Segments: VIII, VI/VIII, II/III, VIII and VIII were treated with the support of CAS-One IR. The MDT decided for Quality Ablation, because of its ability to simulate a treatment plan fused with the former MRI. AI-driven segmentation of the organs and vasculature made for a safer treatment.

![TopCaseOctober (1)](https://www.cascination.com/hs-fs/hubfs/TopCaseOctober%20(1).png?width=1920&height=1080&name=TopCaseOctober%20(1).png)Planning in Oblique MPR with multi-organ segmentation and planned trajectories on the right including AI driven organ and vasculature segmentation

![TopCaseOctober (1)](https://www.cascination.com/hs-fs/hubfs/TopCaseOctober%20(1).jpg?width=1920&height=1080&name=TopCaseOctober%20(1).jpg)Intra-operative ablation margin assessment with AblaSure showcasing a broader margin (>5mm) with 84% coverage. 

Video overview of the several planned trajectories 

Video of CAS-One IR showcasing its CT/MRI Fusion capabilities to treat invisible lesions 

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Name: Christian Weiergang & Farida Hashimi

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Institution: Sahlgrenska, Göteborg University Hospital

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Patient age, sex:  53, Female

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Initial condition:

- Patient with metastatic colorectal cancer diagnosed in October 2022
- Underwent resection of two liver metastasis in October 2022, but developed early local recurrence  
  that was treated with chemotherapy (FOLFOX) after resection
- A liver specific MRI from February 2023 showed 5 new liver metastases of various sizes (between 4mm and 12mm)
- The pre-ablation MRI scan from May 2023 showed only two lesions were visible. Because the patient did not have a chemo-break in between it was decided to ablate all five lesions based on the MRI from February 2023

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Treatment: 

- CAS-One IR was chosen as treatment option, because of its ability to fuse the planning CT with the previous MRI to visualize all five lesions (visible and invisible)
- The procedure was performed under general anesthesia with high-frequency jet-ventilation for optimal respiratory motion control
- Five single-needle trajectories were planned and simulated based on a CT-MRI Fusion
- The ablation of the lesions was performed with the HS AMICA system 
- Needle placement control scans showed that there was no need for needle replacement in any of the five needles
- After treatment, the AI-driven AblaSure was used to assess the success of the ablation
- In two of the lesions ablation margins were acceptable, but not optimal
- Re-ablation was not performed due to the high complexity of the case

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Result:

- All lesions were successfully treated with sufficient ablation margins between 5mm-10mm.
- The patient was discharged from the hospital the day after, and no adverse events were reported
- Patient will have a follow-up MRI in December 2023* *

Learn more about the stereotactic navigation system [CAS-One IR](https://www.cascination.com/products/cas_one_ir?hsLang=en).

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