Open AccessPulmonary and cerebral lipiodol embolism after transcatheter arterial hemoembolization in hepatocellular carcinoma
Author(s) -
Jianjun Wu,
M. Chao,
Guangqiang Zhang,
Bin Li,
Fei Dong
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.15.633
Subject(s) - lipiodol , medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , pulmonary embolism , transcatheter arterial chemoembolization , radiology , embolization , embolism , cerebral embolism , carcinoma , intracranial embolism
Pulmonary and cerebral lipiodol embolism after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) of hepatocellular carcinoma is rare. To our knowledge, only 7 cases have been reported in the literature. We present a case of pulmonary and cerebral lipiodol embolism, and analyzed retrospectively the imaging and clinical data of the patient and conclude the most probable mechanism of pulmonary and cerebral lipiodol embolism, which is different from that of the cases reported previously.