PULMONARY ABSCESS AS A COMPLICATION OF TRANSARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION OF MULTINODULAR HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA

Authors
CUBIELLA J SANS M LLOVET JM BUSTAMANTE J FERRER A CABALLERIA J RODES J
Citation
J. Cubiella et al., PULMONARY ABSCESS AS A COMPLICATION OF TRANSARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION OF MULTINODULAR HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA, The American journal of gastroenterology, 92(10), 1997, pp. 1942-1943
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
The American journal of gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029270
Volume
92
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1942 - 1943
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9270(1997)92:10<1942:PAAACO>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Hepatic transarterial embolization has been widely used in the treatme nt of hepatocellular carcinoma and other liver tumors, Despite being a safe treatment, some complications associated with this procedure hav e been described, The most frequent adverse effect of transarterial em bolization is postembolization syndrome, whereas infections account fo r only 3.4% of complications, We report the first case of lung abscess as a complication of transarterial embolization used in the treatment of multinodular hepatocellular carcinoma.