Radioembolization with 90Y resin microspheres for HCC patients with extensive tumor thrombosis into the extrahepatic vessels.
Tc-MAA uptake in the portal vein tumor thrombus may be a predictor of a favorable response to radioembolization. We report here 2 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and massive intrahepatic and extrahepatic tumor thrombus that showed Tc-MAA uptake in SPECT/CT, who underwent radioembolization with Y resin microspheres. The patients did not experience any adverse effects.
From the Departments of *Nuclear Medicine, and †Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Hojjat
H
Ahmadzadehfar
Claus Christian
CC
Pieper
Samer
S
Ezziddin
Hans Jürgen
HJ
Biersack
Carsten
C
Meyer
D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008863:Microspheres; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D012117:Resins, Synthetic; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D015021:Yttrium Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D012117:Resins, Synthetic; D015021:Yttrium Radioisotopes