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Quimioembolización hepática en el manejo terapéutico del hepatocarcinoma: Reporte de dos casos / Chemoembolization of hepatocarcinoma: Report of two cases
Fava, Mario; Meneses, Luis; González, Robinson; Loyola, Soledad.
  • Fava, Mario; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Hospital Clínico. Departamento de Radiología. Radiología Intervencional y Terapia Percutánea. Santiago. CL
  • Meneses, Luis; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Hospital Clínico. Departamento de Radiología. Radiología Intervencional y Terapia Percutánea. Santiago. CL
  • González, Robinson; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Hospital Clínico. Departamento de Gastroenterología. Santiago. CL
  • Loyola, Soledad; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Hospital Clínico. Departamento de Radiología. Radiología Intervencional y Terapia Percutánea. Santiago. CL
Rev. méd. Chile ; 136(4): 496-501, abr. 2008. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-484926
ABSTRACT
Chemoembolization is a therapeutic alternative for those patients with hepatocarcinoma that cannot be excised surgically or that are waiting a liver allograft. We report two patients with hepatocarcinoma who were subjected to chemoembolization. A 65 years old male with a chronic liver disease and right lobe hepatocarcinoma, waiting for a liver transplantation, was subjected to two sessions, of chemoembolization four weeks apart. A magnetic resonance showed a 80 percent reduction of tumor volume one month later. A 72 years old diabetic male with an alcoholic liver disease with two hepatocarcinoma in the right lobe was subjected to two sessions of chemoembolization, separated by four weeks. A magnetic resonance one month later showed the absence of blood flow in both lesions, suggesting complete necrosis.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Chemoembolization, Therapeutic / Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Liver Neoplasms Limits: Aged / Humans / Male Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. méd. Chile Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2008 Type: Article Affiliation country: Chile Institution/Affiliation country: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/CL

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Chemoembolization, Therapeutic / Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Liver Neoplasms Limits: Aged / Humans / Male Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. méd. Chile Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2008 Type: Article Affiliation country: Chile Institution/Affiliation country: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/CL