Portal vein thrombosis following percutaneous ethanol injection therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma.

Habu, Daiki; Nishiguchi, Shuhei; Shiomi, Susumu; Tamori, Akihiro; Sakaguchi, Hiroki; Takeda, Tadashi; Seki, Shuichi; Ishibashi, Chika; Asai, Hitoshi

Habu, Daiki; Nishiguchi, Shuhei; Shiomi, Susumu; Tamori, Akihiro; Sakaguchi, Hiroki; Takeda, Tadashi; Seki, Shuichi; Ishibashi, Chika; Asai, Hitoshi.

Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-64668

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Percutaneous ethanol injection therapy was performed in a 66-year-old woman with hepatocellular carcinoma. She developed portal vein thrombosis that on color Doppler revealed no tumor vascular signal, and so was diagnosed as non-tumor thrombus. The thrombus resolved over 3 months.

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Aged; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/therapy; Ethanol/therapeutic use; Female; Humans; Liver Neoplasms/therapy; Portal Vein; Solvents/therapeutic use; Venous Thrombosis/etiology

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Full text: Available Index: IMSEAR (South-East Asia) Main subject: Portal Vein / Solvents / Aged / Female / Humans / Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Venous Thrombosis / Ethanol / Liver Neoplasms Language: English Year: 2002 Type: Article

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