title: Transcatheter arterial embolization for spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: Transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) was performed in 20 patients with ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Bleeding was improved in all patients, but only four survived for over three months. Rerupture occurred in seven patients (35%) and the prognosis was extremely poor. TAE should be considered the treatment of choice for ruptured HCC; however, long-term survival was limited to those patients without portal extension of HCC. The severity of rupture also influenced the prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohtomo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furui
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kokubo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yashiro
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Itai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000628:therapy*; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005781:Gelatin Sponge, Absorbable; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous