[Chemoembolization of hepatocarcinoma: report of two cases].
Chemoembolization is a therapeutic alternative for those patients with hepatocarcinoma that cannot be excised surgically or that are waiting a liver allograft. We report two patients with hepatocarcinoma who were subjected to chemoembolization. A 65 years old male with a chronic liver disease and right lobe hepatocarcinoma, waiting for a liver transplantation, was subjected to two sessions, of chemoembolization four weeks apart. A magnetic resonance showed a 80% reduction of tumor volume one month later. A 72 years old diabetic male with an alcoholic liver disease with two hepatocarcinoma in the right lobe was subjected to two sessions of chemoembolization, separated by four weeks. A magnetic resonance one month later showed the absence of blood flow in both lesions, suggesting complete necrosis.
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Mario
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Radiología Intervencional y Terapia Percutánea, Departamento de Radiología, Hospital Clínico Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. fava@med.puc.cl
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Luis
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González
Robinson
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Loyola
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