NECROSIS OF PORTAL TUMOR EMBOLUS OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA BY LIPIODOL TRANSCATHETER CHEMO-EMBOLIZATION. A Case Report |
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| Authors: | Kenichi Wakasa Masami Sakurai Morito Monden Tsuyoshi Yamada Chikazumi Kuroda Taro Marukawa Jun Okamura |
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| Institution: | Department of Pathology, Osaka University Hospital, Osaka;Department of Surgery, Osaka University Hospital, Osaka;Department of Radiology, Osaka University Hospital, Osaka;the Osaka Teishin Hospital, Osaka |
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| Abstract: | We describe a case of hepatocellular carcinoma in which a tumor embolus in the portal vein and 3 of 4 intrahepatic metastases were necrosed completely by Lipiodol transcatheter chemo-embolization (Lipiodol-TCE). Tumor emboli in the portal vein and intrahepatic metastases usually cannot be necrosed by conventional transcatheter chemo-embolization alone, because small nodules such as intrahepatic metastases and tumor emboli in the portal vein are supplied blood from the portal vein. However, in this case, Lipiodol-TCE was effective against tumor emboli in the portal vein and intrahepatic metastases. ACTA PATHOL JPN 38: 1363-1367, 1988. |
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| Keywords: | Hepatocellular carcinoma Hepatoma Lipiodol Embolization |
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