Pleuro-pulmonary blastoma is a rare malignant lung tumor in children and distinct from ordinary pulmonary blastoma of adulthood.

Conclusions: MWA of malignant lung tumors had specific MRI characteristics that were comparable with postoperative pathology.

Conclusions: Percutaneous CT-guided MWA is a reproducible, safe, and effective treatment for malignant lung tumors up to 4 cm in size.

Materials and methods: We reviewed patients who underwent thermal ablation for malignant lung tumors after pneumonectomy between 1999 and 2009.