Anatomical and clinical study of lingual arterial chemoembolization for tongue carcinoma.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to develop an alternative treatment approach using lingual artery chemoembolization for certain tongue carcinomas.


METHODS
Fifty-three lingual artery, postmortem, cast human specimens were studied. Seventy-eight patients with tongue carcinoma were chemoembolized with Car-platinum microcapsules.


RESULTS
The deposition of the microcapsule embolism was approximately at the fifth- to the sixth-branch level of the deep lingual artery. The results complied with the anatomy, and the clinical outcomes were effective.


CONCLUSIONS
Lingual artery chemoembolization showed efficacy for curing carcinoma in the midmargin and midbody areas of the tongue, within the limitations of this study.
He
Hong
H
Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhe Jiang University, Hang Zhou, China. honghe6666@sina.com
Huang
Jianqi
J
Ping
Feiyun
F
Chen
Guanfu
G
Zhang
Suzhan
S
Dong
Yan
Y
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001158:Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D002102:Cadaver; D002214:Capsules; D016190:Carboplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016628:Replica Techniques; D014059:Tongue / Q000098:blood supply*; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D002214:Capsules; D016190:Carboplatin