title: Hemostastic embolization in oncology.
abstract: Several mechanisms predispose to bleeding in neoplastic disease. This is all the more serious as it often occurs on a background of medically vulnerable patients and the magnitude of the bleed may lead to hemorrhagic shock or acute respiratory distress as a result of hemoptysis. It often carries a poor prognosis, even if the acute episode has been controlled, as bleeding due to rupture of a tumor often indicates an advanced stage of the disease, and also because tumor rupture carries a risk of metastatic spread including peritoneal carcinomatosis. The risk of recurrent bleeding is also not insignificant. In most cases, endovascular hemostatic embolization is the first line palliative treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Rangueil Hospital, 1, avenue du Pr-Jean-Poulhès, TSA 50032, 31059 Toulouse cedex, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Revel-Mouroz
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Rangueil Hospital, 1, avenue du Pr-Jean-Poulhès, TSA 50032, 31059 Toulouse cedex, France.
authors.forename: F Z
authors.initials: FZ
authors.lastname: Mokrane
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Rangueil Hospital, 1, avenue du Pr-Jean-Poulhès, TSA 50032, 31059 Toulouse cedex, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Collot
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Rangueil Hospital, 1, avenue du Pr-Jean-Poulhès, TSA 50032, 31059 Toulouse cedex, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chabbert
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Rangueil Hospital, 1, avenue du Pr-Jean-Poulhès, TSA 50032, 31059 Toulouse cedex, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rousseau
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Rangueil Hospital, 1, avenue du Pr-Jean-Poulhès, TSA 50032, 31059 Toulouse cedex, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Meyrignac
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Rangueil Hospital, 1, avenue du Pr-Jean-Poulhès, TSA 50032, 31059 Toulouse cedex, France. Electronic address: otal.p@chu-toulouse.fr.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Otal
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Hemorrhage; Hemostatic embolization; Tumor rupture