FATAL LIVER NECROSIS FOLLOWING TREATMENT OF HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA BY PERCUTANEOUS ETHANOL INJECTION

Authors
BOUCHER E CARSIN A RAOUL JL MARCHETTI C JORAM F KERBRAT P
Citation
E. Boucher et al., FATAL LIVER NECROSIS FOLLOWING TREATMENT OF HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA BY PERCUTANEOUS ETHANOL INJECTION, Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique, 22(4), 1998, pp. 459-461
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique → ACNP
ISSN journal
03998320
Volume
22
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
459 - 461
Database
ISI
SICI code
0399-8320(1998)22:4<459:FLNFTO>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Fatal complications of percutaneous ethanol injection for the treatmen t of hepatic tumors are rare events. We report a case of massive hepat ic necrosis after treatment by percutaneous ethanol injection of a 4 c m diameter hepatocellular carcinoma, which resulted in the death of th e patient. The mechanism of this complication was probably an intratum oral arterioportal shunt, which allowed ethanol to spread through the blood vessels.