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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 3.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Hyperthermia. 2014 Aug;30(5):299–305. doi: 10.3109/02656736.2014.936050

Figure 2.

Figure 2

(a) Preablation contrast enhanced CT demonstrates an arterially enhancing right lobe HCC. The overlying liver capsule directly abuts the body wall, putting this patient at risk for postprocedural pain. (b) Postablation contrast enhanced CT demonstrates postablation changes as well as instillation of artificial ascites, measuring 15 mm in thickness between the body wall and the liver capsule. (c) Postablation contrast enhanced CT demonstrates the artificial ascites needle still in place, allowing for continuous instillation of fluid during the ablation procedure.