CASE REPORT: Steatonecrosis in the upper abdomen following transcatheter arterial embolization for hepatocellular carcinoma |
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Authors: | TAKEJI UMEMURA NOBUYOSHI YAMAMURA ATSUO NAGATA ATSUSHI SHIBATA KUNIHIKO YAMASHITA TAKEO OHATA TAKEO YAMADA TSUTOMU KATSUYAMA KENDO KIYOSAWA |
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Affiliation: | *Departments of Internal Medicine and †Radiology, Suwa Red Cross Hospital, Suwa;‡Department of Surgery, Suwa Central Hospital, Chino;†The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan;**Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan |
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Abstract: | A 66-year-old female with liver cirrhosis was treated by transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) for a small hepatocellular carcinoma. She developed steatonecrosis with tenderness which occurred in the upper abdomen after TAE. The hepatic falciform artery from the middle hepatic artery was detected by arteriography. Necrosis in the upper abdomen was considered to be due to ischaemic changes caused by micromaterials for embolization of this artery, injuries of hepatic arterial endothelia slowly caused by carcinostatics, and chemotoxicity. It was considered that such complication as observed in this patient should be taken into consideration when performing TAE. |
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Keywords: | hepatic falciform artery, hepatocellular carcinoma, transcatheter arterial embolization. |
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