title: Symptomatic polycystic liver disease treated with transcatheter hepatic arterial embolization and inferior vena cava stenting: a case report.
abstract: Autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease is frequently complicated by polycystic liver disease. Some patients with polycystic liver disease have a full-stomach sensation and intractable ascites. We report a 56-year-old woman with polycystic liver disease waiting to receive a liver transplant, with a chief complaint of a full-stomach sensation and refractory ascites, wherein the transcatheter hepatic arterial embolization and inferior vena cava stenting were begun simultaneously, and the signs were favorably alleviated. It is important to recognize the risk of liver failure after the complete embolization of both the right and left hepatic arteries; however, performance of transcatheter hepatic arterial embolization and inferior vena cava stent placement also are indicated for patients awaiting a liver transplant for early alleviation of symptoms.
authors: Department of Radiology, UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD. Central Hospital, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan.
authors: Takeshi
authors: T
authors: Fujita
authors: Masahiro
authors: M
authors: Tanabe
authors: Koichi
authors: K
authors: Uchiyama
authors: Hideyasu
authors: H
authors: Matsuyama
authors: Naofumi
authors: N
authors: Matsunaga
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D014850:Waiting Lists