FATAL LIVER NECROSIS FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS ETHANOL INJECTION FOR HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA

Authors
TAAVITSAINEN M VEHMAS T KAUPPILA R
Citation
M. Taavitsainen et al., FATAL LIVER NECROSIS FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS ETHANOL INJECTION FOR HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA, Abdominal imaging, 18(4), 1993, pp. 357-359
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Abdominal imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
09428925
Volume
18
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
357 - 359
Database
ISI
SICI code
0942-8925(1993)18:4<357:FLNFPE>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A 76-year-old man underwent an injection of 5 ml of ethanol for the tr eatment of a hepatocellular carcinoma 3 cm in diameter. Shortly after the procedure, he had an attack of abdominal pain. His condition soon deteriorated and he died 5 days later. Massive hepatic necroses distan t from the injection site and a myocardial infarction were found at au topsy. To our knowledge, this is the first fatality associated with pe rcutaneous ethanol injection therapy.