FATAL SEPTIC COMPLICATION OF TRANSCATHETER CHEMOEMBOLIZATION FOR HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA

Authors
HASHIMOTO T MITANI T NAKAMURA H HORI S KOZUKA T KOBAYASHI Y NAKATA A TSUJIMURA T
Citation
T. Hashimoto et al., FATAL SEPTIC COMPLICATION OF TRANSCATHETER CHEMOEMBOLIZATION FOR HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA, Cardiovascular and interventional radiology, 16(5), 1993, pp. 325-327
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Cardiovascular and interventional radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01741551
Volume
16
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
325 - 327
Database
ISI
SICI code
0174-1551(1993)16:5<325:FSCOTC>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A patient with hepatocellular carcinoma, associated segmental portal v ein thrombosis, and accompanying pneumobilia, developed a liver absces s and sepsis following transcatheter chemoembolization (TCE). It was b elieved that the combination of bile duct necrosis after arterial occl usion and pneumobilia led to ascending enteric infection and seeding o f the necrotic tumor, which ultimately led to fatal outcome. We conclu de that TCE is contraindicated in such cases.