[The efficacy of transcatheter embolization of severe arterioportal shunts in hepatocellular carcinoma]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2007 Nov;34(12):2093-5.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Transcatheter arterial embolizations of severe arterioportal shunt (A-P shunt) were performed with steel coils in 3 patients with hepatocellurlar carcinoma (HCC) as shown below. Case 1: A 56-year-old man with HCC associated with portal hypertension (esophageal varices and ascites abnominal pain), portal vein tumor thrombus and severe A-P shunt was performed in critical conditions. Case 2: A 51-year-old man with HCC, lung and adrenal gland metastases was accompanied with severe portal hypertention caused by A-P shunt and was in a harmful condition similar to case 1. Case 3: A 68-year-old woman with HCC associated with autoimmune hepatitis was performed a hepatic resection. Then multiple intrahepatic recurrences appeared 6 months later. A-P shunt made impossible to detect the feeding artery of tumor. After embolization of A-P shunt, esophageal varices and ascites resolved, and abdominal pain improved in cases 1 and 2. In addition, embolization enabled to perform transcatheter arterial chemoembolization in case 3. This procedure is a useful tool to improve various symptoms due to A-P shunt and to continue treatments for HCCs.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / blood supply*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery*
  • Catheterization / methods*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / blood supply*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed