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Figure 8b. (a) Coronal single-shot fast SE T2-weighted MR image obtained in a 65-year-old man 5 months prior to cryoablation shows a heterogeneous mass (arrow) within the left kidney. (b) On a coronal single-shot fast SE T2-weighted MR image obtained 2 months after cryoablation, the ablation zone (arrow) demonstrates markedly heterogeneous signal intensity and is significantly larger than the original tumor. (c) Coronal reformatted MR image from an axial gadolinium-enhanced data set created by subtracting the precontrast data set from the postcontrast data set shows no residual enhancement within the ablation zone. Note the presence of a relatively uniform enhancing rim (arrow), a finding that should not be confused with residual tumor.
