title: Influence of hepatopetal flow of the retroportal artery on efficiency of repeated hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy.
abstract: Few reports have described the influence of the retroportal artery on the distribution of anticancer drugs in the liver during repeated hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy. This report describes two patients in whom poor distribution was observed in the right lobe of the liver, which was confirmed at superior mesenteric arteriography to be caused by inflow of the retroportal artery to the right hepatic artery. The retroportal artery was successfully embolized, resulting in improvement of distribution in the right lobe of the liver in both cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Institution Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-Chyo, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo, Kyoto, 602-8566 Japan. yamagami@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamagami
authors.forename: Takeharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirota
authors.forename: Tsunehiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016461:Chemoembolization, Therapeutic; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D008102:Liver Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents