CT manifestations of a ruptured hepatic tumor after transcatheter arterial embolization.
There are few reports of the radiologic diagnosis of ruptured hepatic tumors. In a patient with right upper abdominal pain and impending shock, angiography demonstrated a hypervascular hepatic tumor, and CT imaged an extrahepatic mass suggestive of a hematoma. Following transcatheter arterial embolization with Lipiodol Ultrafluide and gelatin-sponge, multiple contiguous CT sections revealed numerous lipiodol droplets adjacent to a lipiodol-containing hepatic tumor, clearly outside the liver. These findings were indicative of a ruptured hepatic tumor. After embolization, the patient's condition improved and he was discharged.
Nagata
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Department of Radiology, Kitano Hospital Tazuke Foundation Research Institute, Osaka, Japan.
Kohno
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S
Saga
T
T
Okajima
K
K
Hosono
M
M
Tamaki
M
M
Kanata
T
T
Takabayashi
A
A
Matsuda
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S
D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D007459:Iodized Oil; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D007459:Iodized Oil