[A case report of hepatoma with a giant splenic aneurysm both treated by TAE therapy].
A case of a 49-year-old woman who was found to have a giant splenic aneurysm during the course of TAE therapy for hepatoma and who was given TAE therapy using 47 steel coils is reported. The splenic arterial embolization therapy using steel coils proved effective for preventing the rupture of an aneurysm and for inhibiting hypersplenism. In addition, no serious adverse effect was observed.
Kamada
K
K
Tarusawa
N
N
Sasaki
T
T
Tarusawa
K
K
Kanehira
Z
Z
Takahasi
S
S
Yodono
H
H
Takekawa
S
S
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013157:Splenic Artery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed