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Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments / Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders · Journal article
Radiology Case Reports · September 4, 2026
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This case report documents a technical solution—mechanical bowel displacement using a blunt-tipped trocar needle—to allow safe microwave ablation of a hepatocellular carcinoma in a patient with Chilaiditi's syndrome (interposition of bowel between liver and diaphragm). The report describes successful ablation without bowel injury, but provides no quantitative efficacy data, long-term follow-up, or comparison to alternative management strategies.
Case report. One patient with hepatocellular carcinoma and Chilaiditi's anatomical variation.. Intervention: Mechanical bowel displacement using a blunt-tipped trocar needle followed by microwave ablation of the hepatocellular carcinoma..
A blunt-tipped trocar needle was used to mechanically displace interposed bowel loops in a patient with Chilaiditi anatomy and peripheral hepatocellular carcinoma. The technique enabled safe and therapeutic microwave ablation of the suspected lesion without thermal injury to the interposed bowel.
No adverse events, complications, or technical failure data provided.
This case illustrates a potential technical approach to manage the anatomical challenge posed by bowel interposition during liver-directed ablation in patients with Chilaiditi syndrome, but individual case reports cannot establish efficacy, safety profile, or optimal indications without case series or comparative data.
A single case report describing a technical maneuver to enable safe microwave ablation in an anatomically variant patient; demonstrates feasibility but lacks comparative data or outcomes from a case series.
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This case illustrates a potential technical approach to manage the anatomical challenge posed by bowel interposition during liver-directed ablation in patients with Chilaiditi syndrome, but individual case reports cannot establish efficacy, safety profile, or optimal indications without case series or comparative data.
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Hepatocellular carcinoma is a primary liver cancer that is often treated with locoregional therapies such as radiofrequency ablation, cryoablation, or microwave ablation. These locoregional treatments can pose risk of thermal injury to surrounding structures such as the gallbladder, stomach, and bowel when located adjacent to a target lesion. Safe locoregional therapy can be further complicated when a patient has an anatomical variant such as Chilaiditi’s anatomy. We describe a case using a blunt-tipped trocar needle to mechanically displace interposed bowel loops adjacent to a peripheral hepatocellular carcinoma in a patient with a Chilaiditi anatomical variation, thereby facilitating safe and therapeutic ablation of the suspected lesion without injuring the interposed bowel.
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