Left lobe recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma treated with lipiodol-TAE via the left internal mammary artery.
A multinodular hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was treated with seven transarterial interventions via the hepatic artery over a 2-year, 5-month period before the eighth angiography showed a recurrent HCC in the anterior portion of the left hepatic lobe. The left internal mammary artery (IMA) was feeding the tumor. This was successfully treated with Lipiodol-transcatheter arterial embolization using a coaxial system via a branch of the left IMA. No complications resulted from the procedure. The left IMA should be considered as a possible feeding artery to an HCC occurring in the anterior portion of the left hepatic lobe.
Kanetsuki
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Department of Radiology, Okinawa Chubu Hospital, 208-3 Aza Miyazato, Gushikawa, Okinawa 904-22, Japan.
Hori
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Ohshiro
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Nishi
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Yasutani
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Sueyoshi
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Tanaka
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D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000628:therapy*; D016461:Chemoembolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007459:Iodized Oil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D008323:Mammary Arteries; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000628:therapy*
D016685:Mitomycin; D007459:Iodized Oil; D004317:Doxorubicin