FATAL THROMBOSIS OF THE PORTAL-VEIN FOLLOWING SINGLE-SESSION PERCUTANEOUS ETHANOL INJECTION THERAPY OF HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA

Authors
LENCIONI R CIONI D ULIANA M BARTOLOZZI C
Citation
R. Lencioni et al., FATAL THROMBOSIS OF THE PORTAL-VEIN FOLLOWING SINGLE-SESSION PERCUTANEOUS ETHANOL INJECTION THERAPY OF HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA, Abdominal imaging, 23(6), 1998, pp. 608-610
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Abdominal imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
09428925
Volume
23
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
608 - 610
Database
ISI
SICI code
0942-8925(1998)23:6<608:FTOTPF>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Two weeks after percutaneous ethanol injection therapy for hepatocellu lar carcinoma, performed by injecting 110 mL ethanol in a single sessi on with general anesthesia, a 69-year-old woman with well-compensated liver cirrhosis developed an extensive thrombosis of the whole portal tree that caused severe uncorrectable ascites and progressive deterior ation of her general condition, resulting in death 6 weeks after the p rocedure.