GAS-FORMING LIVER-ABSCESS AFTER TRANSCATHETER ARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION FOR HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA - REPORT OF A CASE

A case of a gas-forming liver abscess developing after transcatheter a rterial embolization for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in a 65-year-old man is presented herein. He was admitted to hospital with fever and jaundice, following which ultrasonography (US) and computed tomography revealed a gas-containing abscess in the posterior segment of the hepatic lobe with multiple HCC. Percutaneous transhepatic drai nage was performed using US. Antibiotics which were sensitive to the E scherichia coli bacteria detected in the abscess were administered bot h intravenously and through the drainage tube into the abscess. Four m onths later, the abscess had diminished and the patient was discharged after receiving percutaneous ultrasonographically guided ethanol inje ction therapy for the recurrent HCC.