title: Percutaneous transheptic cholangioscopic ethanol injection for intrabiliary tumor thrombi due to hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: Interventional treatments such as transcatheter arterial embolization and placement of a biliary endoprosthesis have been carried out in cases of inoperable hepatobiliary malignancy. We report here a case of recurrent intrabiliary tumor thrombi due to hepatocellular carcinoma, successfully treated by cholangioscopic ethanol injection in which the intrabiliary tumor thrombi were completely eliminated.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Tohkai Hospital, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagino
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kamiya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nimura
mesh_terms: D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy*; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol