Open AccessRepair of a mal-repaired biliary injury: A case report
Author(s) -
Andreas Hansch,
Rotraud Neumann,
Alexander Pfeil,
Ivan Marintchev,
Stefan O.R. Pfleiderer,
Mieczysław Gajda,
Werner A. Kaiser
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.2280
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , embolization , amputation , surgery , biopsy , radiology , arterial embolization , general surgery
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer in the world. This case documents an unusual metastatic presentation of HCC in the humerus. Preoperative palliative arterial embolization of the tumor was performed to arrest severe tumor bleeding caused by the biopsy. Embolization turned out to be useful also in limiting/preventing potential uncontrolled bleeding during subsequent amputation.