Abstract
This chapter will focus on diagnostic and therapeutic applications of interventional radiology in the pediatric chest. Diagnostic interventional radiologic topics discussed include patient care and sedation concepts, CT- and US-guided intrathoracic biopsy, thoracic angiography for aortic trauma and other causes of thoracic hemorrhage, and percutaneous intrathoracic lymphangiography. Therapeutic interventional radiologic topics discussed include balloon dilation of esophageal strictures, transesophageal and percutaneous foreign body removal, transarterial embolization treatment for hemoptysis thoracic duct embolization, thermal ablation of treatment of benign and malignant thoracic masses, percutaneous drainage of pulmonary and mediastinal abscesses, transcatheter fibrinolytic therapy for empyema, percutaneous sclerotherapy of vascular malformations, and definitive percutaneous treatment of thoracic aneurysmal bone cysts.
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Keywords
- Thoracic Duct
- Aneurysmal Bone Cyst
- Bronchial Artery
- Percutaneous Catheter Drainage
- Lymphatic Malformation
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1 Introduction
Interventional radiological of the pediatric patient has evolved over recent years such that pediatric interventional radiological procedures are safe and effective as primary management options, or following failed medical or surgical management of various disorders in the pediatric chest. This chapter will provide a practical focus on effective management and for a broad spectrum of common pediatric disorders in the chest treatable with interventional radiologic techniques. The primary for pediatric thoracic radiologic intervention center around management of sepsis, life-threatening hemorrhage, percutaneous and treatment of thoracic neoplasia, percutaneous of vascular malformations, and thoracic foreign body removal.
2 Patient Care and Sedation Concepts
In the radiological care process of the pediatric patient, support and frequent monitoring of physiologic parameters is essential, and is best provided by a dedicated team that includes radiologists (or pediatric sedation specialists/anesthesiologists) and nurses specifically trained in pediatric sedation care and techniques. Intraprocedural care of the child begins with support of temperature balance by means of warm blankets and appropriate body covering, heating lamps, and expedited procedures to minimize unnecessary heat loss and temperature instability.
Sedation or anesthesia of the pediatric patient is often required in order to efficiently and successfully complete complex procedures. Sedation protocols vary by institution and with physician preference. In children, intravenous sedation is frequently provided using a combination of intravenous pentobarbital (Nembutal, Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, IL) and fentanyl (Sublimaze, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Titusville, NJ). This drug combination is administered in a tailored and titrated fashion, beginning with pentobarbital 2–3 mg/kg and fentanyl 1 ug/kg . The total titrated doses do not exceed pentobarbital 8 mg/kg and fentanyl 3 ug/kg, all administered in the radiology department. Depending on physician preference, midazolam (0.1 mg/kg) may be substituted for pentobarbital. Patient sedation is provided with continuous monitoring of heart rate and oximetry. Further physiologic monitoring of respiratory, ECG, and blood pressure parameters are monitored as needed. When patients have failed prior attempts of intravenous sedation or require lengthy and complex procedures, patients are referred for general anesthesia in the interventional radiology suite.
3 Interventional Radiology Procedures in the Pediatric Chest
3.1 Foreign Body Removal
Image-guided foreign body removal is focused on three indications in children: ingested esophageal foreign bodies; transcatheter retrieval of vascular catheter fragments, and percutaneous ultrasound-guided removal of soft-tissue foreign bodies. Ingested foreign bodies often are retained in the esophagus and children present for emergent management due to either feeding intolerance or respiratory difficulty. In most settings, sharp or pointed foreign bodies are operatively managed with endoscopic or surgical removal. Coins are the most frequently encountered smooth esophageal foreign body in children. Less frequently, food/meat impaction may be the presenting complaint associated with the diagnosis of achalasia or esophageal stricture. Based on the site of retention, ingested coins are divided into two main groups: lower esophageal and upper esophageal. In our experience, lower esophageal coins are most frequently managed without the need for image-guided extraction or operative management. Patients with uncomplicated lower esophageal coins are instructed to drink a carbonated beverage (or take effervescent crystals) in the upright position and ambulate for 1 h. A follow-up radiograph of the abdomen most often reveals successful passage of the coin into the stomach for later intestinal passage. If the coin does not pass into the stomach after this maneuver, the coin can be pushed into the stomach using a 14-French (14F) Foley nasoesophageal catheter with the balloon inflated with contrast. Coins embedded in the esophageal wall, or associated with esophageal perforation are operatively removed.
Ingested coins in the upper esophagus may be successfully removed using a transnasal or transoral Foley balloon extraction technique with fluoroscopic guidance (Campbell and Davis 1973; Little et al. 2006). The most common location for esophageal coins to lodge is at the thoracic inlet. Patient selection for Foley balloon foreign body extraction is essential, as contraindications to Foley balloon extraction include patients with respiratory distress and evidence of tracheoesophageal stripe thickening or airway compromise on lateral neck and/or chest radiographs. If there are no contraindications to fluoroscopically guided removal, the patient is prepared with intranasal anesthesia. Nasal anesthesia is most comfortably administered with viscous Lidocaine HCl 2 %, administered via syringe in the bilateral nares. Following nasal anesthesia, the patient is immobilized in either a body wrap, or preferably on an octagon immobilization board (Enterprises Octostop, Quebec, Canada). A 14-French Foley balloon catheter is passed either transnasally or transorally into the upper esophagus. During the extraction procedure the patient is positioned in the right lateral decubitus position, preferably with the table in mild Trendelenburg position. Due to the potential for impaction of a nonradiopaque food bolus resting on top of the coin or unsuspected esophageal erosion, the author recommends injection of a small amount of barium suspension (or water-soluble, nonionic contrast medium) above the coin prior to attempted coin removal. If no retained food particles or other esophageal complications are detected, the Foley catheter is advanced under fluoroscopic guidance past the coin, and the balloon is inflated with contrast. With the balloon inflated, the catheter is then withdrawn slowly (Fig. 1), drawing the coin into the cervical esophagus and eventually into the oropharynx. Resistance is occasionally met at the level of the cricopharyngeus muscle, usually overcome with mild balloon tension. Once the coin is located within the oral cavity, the child is instructed to spit the coin out. If this instruction is not successful, the coin may be removed manually with a controlled finger sweep. When using a transnasal approach, it is important to remember to deflate the balloon prior to removal of the catheter beyond the oropharynx. A post-procedural esophogram is performed to evaluate for esophageal abnormalities.
Soft-tissue foreign bodies are a common clinical problem in both children and adults (Shiels et al. 1990; Shiels 2007; Close et al. 2009; Young et al. 2010). Most soft-tissue foreign bodies are impaled during domestic activity, involve the superficial soft tissues as a result of low velocity trauma and the majority can be removed without the need for image guidance. High velocity objects embedded in deep soft tissues are usually seen in as a result of weapons, blast injuries, or motorized tool-related accidents.
The primary indications for soft-tissue foreign body removal are recurrent pain or the development of infectious complications (Shiels 2007; Close et al. 2009; Young et al. 2010). With the advent of meticulous sonographic techniques, high-resolution sonography is the main imaging tool used for detection and localization of nonradiopaque soft-tissue foreign bodies, as well as for precise guided removal of radiopaque and nonradiopaque foreign bodies. Sonography is effectively used to guide the administration of percutaneous operative field local anesthesia, hydrodissect soft tissues surrounding the foreign body, blunt dissection, and forceps removal of foreign bodies (Fig. 2). In cases when granulation or fibrotic tissue encases a chronic embedded foreign body, sonography is used to guide sharp dissection (scalpel or large gauge needle [e.g., 12 G angiocatheter needle]) of the foreign body prior to forceps removal (Shiels 2007; Close et al. 2009; Young et al. 2010).
3.2 Esophageal Stricture Balloon Dilation
In children, the most common indications for esophageal stricture balloon dilation are feeding intolerance following surgical repair of esophageal atresia, congenital dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, and stricture from caustic injestion (Ball et al. 1984; Spiliopoulos et al. 2012; Ko et al. 2006). The barium esophagram in such patients classically demonstrates food pooling in the upper esophageal pouch, a variable-sized anastomotic stricture, and poor motility in the distal esophageal segment. Fluoroscopically guided low-profile angioplasty balloon stricture dilation is most often performed carefully over a series of weeks, progressively dilating the stricture to 10 mm (30F) in young infants (Fig. 3) and 12 mm (36F) in older infants and toddlers (author recommendation, unpublished). Adjunctive topical administration of mitomycin-C during stricture dilation is a promising technique for reducing the rate of stricture recurrence (Chung et al. 2010; Heran et al. 2008).
Radiological intervention following surgical treatment of achalasia centers on balloon dilation of post-myotomy strictures. Balloon dilation of a distal esophageal stricture associated with achalasia with fluoroscopic guidance is safe to a diameter of 30 mm.
3.3 Percutaneous Drainage of Parapneumonic Effusion and Treatment of Empyema
Thoracentesis is occasionally performed as an adjunctive procedure in the diagnostic management of children with pneumonia, as a means of isolating organisms, treating associated respiratory distress from a large parapneumonic effusion, or treating pleural empyema. Simple thoracentesis is most safely and efficiently performed using sonographic guidance. Angiocatheter needles of 20–22 gauge provide excellent access systems with polyethylene sheaths that can be used for fluid aspiration without risk of pleural laceration. If a parapneumonic effusion is causing respiratory distress, catheter drainage is preferred over simple thoracentesis followed by immediate removal of the aspiration sheath. Mitri and colleagues demonstrated that simple thoracentesis followed by immediate removal of the aspiration sheath is associated with a 27 % rate of recurrence of the parapneumonic effusion, necessitating a second sedation/anesthesia and drainage catheter placement (Mitri et al. 2002). For this reason, after initial catheter drainage of the parapneumonic effusion, the author and his colleagues routinely maintain the drainage catheter in place for a few days, until pleural drainage ceases during medical treatment of the associated pneumonia (Fig. 4).
Empyema drainage is usually performed with sonographic rather than CT guidance. Diagnostic chest sonography complements CT in the evaluation of pleural fluid collections, often revealing fibrinous organization, septations, and loculations not revealed by chest CT (Fig. 5). Real-time sonography provides excellent guidance for controlled needle, guidewire, dilator, and catheter placement in the pleural empyema cavity. Sonography is effectively coupled with fluoroscopy for final catheter placement, manipulation, and fluid drainage. A 4-French or 5-French Yueh Centesis needle (Cook Inc, Bloomington, IN) is an excellent pleural access needle and sheath system, which immediately accepts a 0.035 inch guidewire for dilator and catheter placement. Empyemas with fibrinous septations are safely and effectively treated with percutaneous catheter drainage and intracavitary tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) with efficacy of 80–84 % (16–20 % of patients require surgical decortication) (Gates et al. 2004; Gasior et al. 2013). Intracavitary tPA in children is safely and effectively administered as 2 units tPA in 20 ml of saline. The tPA is injected into the catheter, and the catheter is closed for 60 min prior to resumption of drainage. This technique is repeated every 12 h until clearance of residual fibrinous empyema fluid.
3.4 Lung Abscess Drainage
Lung abscesses that have not responded to initial treatment with intravenous antibiotics may be successfully drained with percutaneous catheter drainage techniques. Lung abscesses that abut the pleural surface can be drained safely with little risk of pneumothorax, using techniques and catheters as described for empyema and drainage of other abscesses. As a general rule, abscesses require 8-French or larger catheter systems for effective drainage. Lung abscesses smaller than 3 cm may be effectively drained with a 5F catheter, saline lavage, and a few days of drainage catheter suction (Fig. 6). Lung abscesses that abut the pleural surface are excellent candidates for sonographically guided drainage. In the author’s experience, lung abscesses with persistent bronchial connection following drainage have represented infected congenital bronchopulmonary foregut malformations such as congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM). In these patients, preoperative percutaneous drainage has been used by the author, allowing controlled surgical removal of the CPAM, reducing the risk of intraoperative cyst fluid decompression into the trachobronchial tree of the dependent lung.
3.5 Mediastinal Abscess Drainage
Anterior mediastinal, pericardial, and subpleural abscesses may occur as an extension of complicated deep neck infections. Real-time, high-resolution ultrasound guidance allows millimeter accuracy and control, allowing interventional radiologists the ability to avoid critical structures in the neck and chest during abscess drainage. In the author’s clinical experience, the unossified sternum of infants and children provides for unique and excellent retrosternal visualization and guidance for safe drainage of both pericardial and anterior mediastinal abscesses, as well as vascular malformation treatment access. During anterior mediastinal abscess drainage, sonography is used to guide parasternal needle, guidewire, and drainage catheter placement (Fig. 7). It is important to remember that many mediastinal and subpleural infections that complicate deep neck infections may be limited to a phlegmon, with no drainable fluid, and may respond well to appropriate antibiotic therapy.
3.6 Percutaneous Biopsy
Children presenting with large chest or mediastinal neoplasms (especially anterior mediastinal) may not be candidates for open surgical biopsy, due to the risk of anesthesia associated with airway and/or central vascular compression by the mass (Sola et al. 2013). When consulted by surgeons or oncologists to perform initial diagnostic biopsies in these patients, 14–18 G core biopsy techniques are safely utilized, with either sonographic or CT guidance (Roebuck et al. 2011; Hoffer et al. 1996). Particularly in the chest and mediastinum, freehand sonographic guidance allows real-time control of the procedure, specifically avoiding intrathoracic blood vessels and the lung. Core biopsy procedures are performed using the above described intravenous sedation protocol, supplemented with deep local anesthesia. Deep local anesthesia (Lidocaine 1 %) is most effectively administered under direct sonographic guidance to the level of the tumor or pleural surface. Due to the need for multiple samples of adequate volume for histologic diagnosis, automated core needle biopsy systems are used, placed in a coaxial fashion through a guiding canula. This canula technique allows a single entry site into the tumor, obtaining 3–5 large core samples. Sonography allows precise placement of hemostatic gelatin sponge in the tract as the guiding canula is removed. Large core biopsies have proven sufficient for diagnosis of small cell pediatric tumors (Roebuck et al. 2011; Hoffer et al. 1996).
Fine needle aspirates have not proven adequate for the required battery of diagnostic oncologic tests in most pediatric tumors. However, ultrasound is effective for guiding fine needle aspiration of pneumonia for culture, in cases of indeterminate infectious etiology, as well as guiding biopsy of peripheral and subpleural lung nodules (Fig. 8). Surgical resection (open or thoracoscopic) of small lung nodules is greatly facilitated by immediate preoperative CT or ultrasound-guided needle and guidewire localization (Partrick et al. 2002). A parasternal or anterior intercostal approach is safely used for ultrasound or CT-guided percutaneous anterior mediastinal tumor biopsy (Fig. 9). Middle mediastinal mass biopsy is safely performed by prospective pleural catheter placement and creation of a controlled pneumothorax, allowing the ipsilateral lung to collapse, thus being displaced and allowing an unobstructed path for percutaneous CT-guided biopsy (Lin and Li 2009) (Fig. 10).
3.7 Thermal Ablation of Thoracic Malignancy
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA), microwave ablation, and cryoablation techniques continue to expand providing minimally invasive options for treatment of lung malignancies in children and adults (Shiels and Brown 2005). Unlike adults, children rarely present with primary malignancies of the lung. In the author’s clinical experience, palliative RFA of metastases is currently, and will likely continue to be the most frequent indication for lung tumor thermal ablation in children. In the lung, the author’s experience is focused primarily on the treatment of metastatic osteogenic sarcoma patients who are not operative candidates (Fig. 11). With RFA and microwave ablation, a minimum target temperature of 60 °C over 12 min is required for effective ablation. Ultrasound and CT guidance may be used for lung tumor ablation cases, with CT proving to be most useful when the location of the tumor in the lung precludes an effective sonographic window. The author has safely provided palliative RFA treatment for metastatic lesions as large as 8 cm. The insulating effect of lung limits the extension of necrosis into adjacent tissue. In palliative treatment of metastatic lung lesions, the tissue most resistant to ablation is adjacent to the heart and chest wall, likely due to heat sink effects in these two areas. CT scans demonstrate significant cavitation without pneumothoraces. In the large bilateral tumor ablations, core body temperature elevations are maintained at 38–39 °C or below with the use of a hypothermic blanket system (Medi-Therm II; Gaymar, Orchard Park, NY), with blanket cooling temperatures as low as 20 °C. Following thoracic thermal ablation, it is critical to manage post-procedural pleuritic pain and post-ablation syndrome issues, to include aggressive analgesic and fluid hydration protocols.
3.8 Chest Arteriography
3.8.1 Aortic Trauma
Aortic injury in the pediatric patient is thankfully rare (Trachiotis et al. 1996; Peclet et al. 1990; Cooper et al. 1994; Eddy et al. 1990; Vignon et al. 1996). Children with traumatic aortic injury are usually pedestrians struck by automobiles and passengers in motor vehicle accidents (Fisher et al. 1997). While mortality for isolated chest trauma in the pediatric population is only 5 %, this increases to 75 % with aortic injury (Peclet et al. 1990; Cooper et al. 1994). Thoracic aortic injury typically involves the arch at the level of the ligamentum arteriosum, although occasionally it may involve the aortic root (Trachiotis et al. 1996; Peclet et al. 1990; Cooper et al. 1994; Eddy et al. 1990; Vignon et al. 1996; Fisher et al. 1997; Pabon-Ramos et al. 2010). Although this injury is uncommon, a high level of suspicion is warranted due to the devastating effects (Eddy et al. 1990). The initial evaluation is typically accomplished with a portable supine radiograph. Signs of mediastinal hematoma, such as a widened mediastinum, indistinctness of the aortic arch, or tracheal deviation may be present, as well as accessory signs such as first rib fracture or apical capping. These findings may be difficult to evaluate in a child who has a disproportionately large thymus and the absence of these findings does not exclude aortic or great vessel injury. Thoracic computed tomography (with CT angiography) and transesophageal echocardiography have been advocated in the adult literature to demonstrate the mediastinal hematoma (Vignon et al. 1996). Improved technology and accuracy of thoracic CT and CT angiography have been associated with reduction in the need to perform diagnostic catheter-based aortography in children (Pabon-Ramos et al. 2010). In cases where there is questionable traumatic aortic injury, catheter-based aortography is indicated. Transfemoral aortography is performed through a vascular sheath. The appropriate size flush catheter (3–5 French) is directed into the supravalvular aortic arch. Small aortas may require the placement of a straight flush catheter. Either digital subtraction or cut film arteriography is performed in two planes, typically left anterior oblique (LAO) and AP. The proximal carotid, brachiocephalic, and subclavian arteries should be included in the imaging field. Injection volume should be 1–1.5 cc/kg over 1–2 s. Rapid filming (3 images/s) should be performed, initially followed by delayed images (1 image/s) to evaluate for areas of focal flow stasis. Care must be taken in the evaluation of the images since ductal diverticula and infundibula of the brachiocephalic arteries can mimic aortic injury (Fisher et al. 1997).
3.8.2 Transcatheter Embolization Treatment of Hemoptysis
Life-threatening hemoptysis in the pediatric population is most commonly a complication of cystic fibrosis (Fellows et al. 1979; Sweezey and Fellows 1990; Cohen et al. 1990; Porter et al. 1983; Cipolli et al. 1995). Traditional therapy had included transfusions, antibiotic therapy, and cessation of percussion and postural drainage (PPD). Percutaneous arteriography with embolization has become an accepted and often preferred method of treatment in these patients. Indications for embolization include severe hemoptysis (> 300 cc in 24 h), recurrent or persistent hemoptysis, or hemoptysis that interferes with the patient’s therapy or lifestyle (Cipolli et al. 1995). Prior to performing this procedure, it is important to explain all complications possible, including the risk of damage to the spinal cord with subsequent neurological compromise (Fellows et al. 1979; Sweezey and Fellows 1990; Cohen et al. 1990; Porter et al. 1983; Cipolli et al. 1995; Barben et al. 2002). While bronchoscopy has been advocated to determine the side of bleeding, the patient often can tell due to either a “funny feeling” or “gurgling” isolated to one side. In the setting of acute life-threatening hemoptysis, bronchoscopy serves little useful purpose and delays appropriate intervention. Hemoptysis is usually from hypertrophied bronchial arteries, usually arising at or near the level of the carina. Multiple collaterals often exist, however, and multiple anastomoses can exist distally in the lung. A vascular sheath is placed in the femoral artery, and 4- to 5-French catheters are advanced into the thoracic aorta near the carina. The bronchial arteries are cannulated and arteriography performed. The images are carefully evaluated to identify the anterior spinal artery. Either the diagnostic catheter or a microcatheter in a coaxial technique is then advanced into the vessel to a point safe for embolization. If a spinal artery is identified, embolization can only be performed if the catheter can be safely advanced distal to its origin. Distal embolization, with either gelatin sponge particles or polyvinyl alcohol particles, is performed to the point of flow stasis (Fig. 12). Supra-distal agents, such as gelatin sponge powder, alcohol, or liquid tissue adhesives should be avoided due to the high risk of bronchial necrosis. Proximal coil embolization, if performed, should only take place after distal embolization. Anastomoses with other collaterals may keep the distal inflammatory bed open, while cutting off access proximally. After embolizing all identified bronchial arteries, we evaluate the subclavian and brachiocephalic arteries to exclude and/or treat other contributing arteries. We perform aortography only if there is difficulty in identifying or cannulating the bronchial arteries, or at completion of embolization to document that all contributaries have been treated. The patient may experience chest pain after the procedure and should be treated with narcotics if necessary. PPD may be restarted after 48 h. Reembolization will be needed in 21–45 % of patients within 1 year (Cipolli et al. 1995; Barben et al. 2002).
3.9 Sclerotherapy of Vascular Malformations
Lymphatic malformation (LM) is the most common indication for sclerotherapy in the pediatric chest, and accounts for about 5 % of benign tumors in children (Shiels et al. 2008). Pathologically, LM components are defined as macrocystic (cyst size larger than 10 mm), microcystic (1–10 mm), and solid (solid LM) tissue with no discernible cysts by sonography or MRI (Shiels et al. 2008, 2009). Sclerotherapy of macrocystic LM can be performed with one of two techniques: Needle access of cysts with infusion and long-term dwell of liquid sclerosant, or indwelling catheter placement with time-limited sclerosant contact followed by suction drainage. Sclerotherapy of macrocystic LM is most commonly performed with either doxycycline, bleomycin, OK-432, or sequential injection of sodium tetradecyl sulfate (STS) (followed by aspiration) and ethanol (ETOH) (Shiels et al. 2008, 2009; Hill et al. 2012; Burrows et al. 2008; Okazaki et al. 2007; Giguere et al. 2002a, b; Dubois et al. 1997; Alomari et al. 2006; Lee et al. 2005; Molitch et al. 1995; Kim et al. 2004; Ogita et al. 1994; Giguere et al. 2002a, b). Ethanol as a sole agent, in the author’s experience, has extremely unpredictable efficacy in the treatment of LM. Microcystic LM is treated with small gauge (25G) needle access, aspiration, and subsequent injection of Doxycycline microfoam (Shiels et al. 2008, 2009; Hill et al. 2012). Doxycycline is the author’s preferred sclerosant for long-term dwell liquid sclerotherapy, given predictable results and limited pain that can be managed with deep sedation. Doxycycline is mixed to a concentration of 10 mg/ml with saline and water-soluble contrast material (320 mgI/cc). Sonography is used for needle guidance and aspiration, followed by fluoroscopic cystography. Authors vary in the volume of sclerosant used, ranging from 30 to 100 % of original cyst volume (Burrows et al. 2008; Okazaki et al. 2007; Giguere et al. 2002a, b; Dubois et al. 1997; Alomari et al. 2006; Lee et al. 2005; Molitch et al. 1995; Kim et al. 2004). With long-term dwell doxycycline sclerotherapy, the sclerosant is injected and the needle is removed. Long-term dwell doxycycline treatment results compare with OK-432, with reported excellent response in 20–64 % of patients and complications in 22–46 % of patients to include neuropathy, myoglobinuria, and pain (Burrows et al. 2008; Ogita et al. 1994; Giguere et al. 2002a, b).
A catheter-based, short-term dwell, infusion/aspiration protocol for macrocyst ablation is reported to have an efficacy greater than 95 %, without complications of pain, neuropathy, or myoglobinuria (Shiels et al. 2008, 2009; Hill et al. 2012). In this regimen, using a 5–8F catheter access system, liquid STS 3 % is maintained for 2 min, with aspiration, followed by ETOH for 15 min (Fig. 13). Following aspiration of the ETOH, the catheter is then connected to a suction bulb system for 3 days.
Microcystic LM is effectively treated with precise injection of doxycycline foam (5–10 mg/ml). Doxycycline foam is formulated in the interventional radiology suite with a 1:1 mixture of doxycycline and human serum albumin 25 % (HSA) (Pipitone et al. 2010; Shiels and Mayerson 2013). Air is agitated 30 times with the doxycycline/albumin mixture in a double syringe and stopcock system to make a microfoam (medical meringue) that is echogenic and allows for sustained release of doxycycline from the protein bound albumin carrier. Sonography allows precise targeting of individual microcysts (1–10 mm), with accurate cyst aspiration and intracystic doxycycline injection (Fig. 13).
Venous malformation sclerotherapy is most commonly performed with either STS foam, polidocanol, ethanol, or bleomycin (Gulsen et al. 2011; Kok et al. 2012; Lee et al. 2009; O’Donovan et al. 1997; Zhang et al. 2013). Bleomycin is carefully used in selective cases due to the potential for pulmonary fibrosis with high-dose bleomycin administration. STS and ETOH have similar reported clinical benefit (84–86 %), with STS having a greater safety profile, without the complication of cardiovascular collapse reported with ETOH injection (Kok et al. 2012; Lee et al. 2009; O’Donovan et al. 1997; Zhang et al. 2013). STS, as a detergent, is rapidly agitated into a foam for injection into the venous lakes with either digital subtraction venography or with sonographic guidance. The addition of Lipiodol (Guerbet, Cedex, France) oily contrast with the STS creates a radiopaque foam for positive contrast visualization during venography.
3.10 Percutaneous Treatment of Aneurysmal Bone Cysts
Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) is a highly destructive lesion in bone, representing 1–6 % of all solid bone tumors (Shiels and Mayerson 2013). Approximately 70 % of ABCs are primary lesions, with the remaining 30 % occurring coincidentally with other bone lesions such as giant cell tumor, osteoblastoma, chondroblastoma, fibrous dysplasia, and telangiectatic osteosarcoma (Shiels and Mayerson 2013). ABC may involve any bone in the thorax, most commonly the clavicle, scapula, or thoracic spine, or C7 cervical spine involvement with exophytic extension into the thoracic cavity (Fig. 14). Previously considered to be an idiopathic bone cyst consisting of multiple honeycomb blood-filled locules, primary ABC is now known to represent a clonal benign neoplastic tumor of bone associated with translocations of the 16 and 17 chromosomes and rearrangements of the ubiquitin-specific protease 6 (USP6/TRE17) oncogene in spindle cells, resulting in the development of destructive solid fibroproliferative stroma, giant cell-like osteoclasts, and vascular spaces (Panoutsakopoulos et al. 1999; Dal Cin et al. 2000; Sciot et al. 2000; Althof et al. 2004; Baruffi et al. 2001; Oliveira et al. 2004). In addition, overexpression of the oncogene upregulates production of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) that attacks and destroys the underlying collagenous matrix of bone (Kumta et al. 2003; Ye et al. 2010), as well as the production of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) (Kumta et al. 2003).
Aneurysmal bone cyst in children has reported surgical treatment success of 25–50 %, with the highest recurrence rate of 75 % in juxtaphyseal ABC (Shiels and Mayerson 2013; Dormans et al. 2004; Freiberg et al. 1994; Lin et al. 2008; Dubois et al. 2003). When ABC was considered to be an idiopathic cyst, or a form of bone venous malformation, alternatives to surgical treatment involved percutaneous sclerotherapy of ABC attempted with alcohol solution of zein and polidocanol, with success rates ranging from 58 to 94 %, and complications including pulmonary embolism, skin necrosis, pain, swelling, and fever (Dubois et al. 2003; George et al. 2009; Topouchian et al. 2004; Shisha et al. 2007; Rastogi et al. 2006). Recent research reports document percutaneous ABC treatment in long bones and the spine with greater than 95 % efficacy using doxycycline foam with excellent bone healing and remodeling (Fig. 15) (Shiels and Mayerson 2013). Doxycycline has chemotherapeutic properties that specifically target and cause necrosis of the fibroproliferative ABC stromal cells. In addition, doxycycline causes apoptosis (programmed cell death) of the giant cell-like osteoclasts in ABC, inhibits both MMP and VEGF, and stimulates osteoblastic bone healing (Shiels and Mayerson 2013).
3.11 Thoracic Duct Lymphangiography and Embolization
Disruption of the thoracic duct is a significant clinical challenge and presents most often as a chylous effusion or cervical lymphocele. The role of the pediatric interventional radiologist in these settings is twofold: (1) define the site of thoracic duct leak with thoracic duct lymphagiography; and, if possible (2) perform percutaneous thoracic duct ligation embolization for definitive treatment of the leak. Thoracic duct lymphagiography is most often performed after access of the lymphatic ductal system via direct intranodal puncture with subsequent lymphangiography (Nadolski and Itkin 2012). Following delineation of the abdominal and thoracic lympatic ductal network, the thoracic duct is most often accessed via a percutaneous transabdominal approach (Cope et al. 1999; Itkin and Chen 2011). If the thoracic duct leak presents as a lymphocele in the neck soft tissues, access for thoracic duct lympangiography and thoracic duct embolization (Fig. 16) can be performed via a cervical trans-lymphocele approach (Warren et al. 2013). Once secure access is accomplished, definitive percutaneous thoracic duct embolization (PTDE) is performed with microcatheter-directed coil and/or n-butyl cyanoacrylate glue embolization (Fig. 16).
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Shiels, W.E. (2014). Interventional Radiology Management of Pediatric Chest Disorders. In: Garcia-Peña, P., Guillerman, R. (eds) Pediatric Chest Imaging. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2014_968
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