Repositioning of a displaced catheter for percutaneous hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy.
This is a report of a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma whose hepatic arterial catheter, which was introduced via a subclavian arterial branch, migrated into his right gastric artery. The catheter was successfully maneuvered to a suitable position without any further invasive procedure. The importance of preparatory embolization of the right gastric artery is underscored.
Kihara
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Department of Radiology, Miyazaki Medical College, Japan.
Tamura
S
S
Nishikawa
T
T
Kakitsubata
Y
Y
Kakitsubata
S
S
Sugimura
H
H
Yuki
Y
Y
Watanabe
K
K
D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin
D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin