Transcatheter arterial embolization for tumor seeding in the chest wall after radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma.
Tumor seeding in the chest wall was depicted at follow-up CT obtained 9 months after radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma. Transcatheter arterial embolization was successfully performed, injecting emulsion of 10 mg of epirubicin and 1 ml of iodized oil followed by gelatin sponge particles via the microcatheter placed in the right eleventh intercostal artery. The patient died of tumor growth in the liver one year after the embolization, but no progression of the tumor seeding was noted during the follow-up period. We conclude that transcatheter arterial embolization was effective for the control of tumor seeding after radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma.
Shibata
Toshiya
T
Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Shogoin, Sakyoku, Japan. ksj@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Shibata
Toyomichi
T
Maetani
Yoji
Y
Kubo
Takeshi
T
Nishida
Naoshi
N
Itoh
Kyo
K
D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D015251:Epirubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004998:Ethiodized Oil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy*; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D015251:Epirubicin; D004998:Ethiodized Oil