Uncomplicated 90Y Selective Internal Radio Therapy in a Patient With Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Arterial and Portal Vein Embolizations

Clin Nucl Med. 2018 Mar;43(3):180-182. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001945.

Abstract

Selective internal radio therapy (SIRT) with Y-glass microspheres was performed in a cirrhotic patient with hepatocellular carcinoma (Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage C) after arterial coil embolization for treatment of intratumoral hemorrhage and planned preoperative right portal vein embolization. Three technetium Tc macro-albumin-aggregate injections were needed to optimize intralesional uptake without extrahepatic deposition. The consecutive SIRT treatment was uncomplicated with a remarkable result.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Arteries
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / blood supply*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / radiotherapy*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic*
  • Glass
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / blood supply*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
  • Male
  • Microspheres
  • Portal Vein
  • Yttrium Radioisotopes / chemistry
  • Yttrium Radioisotopes / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Yttrium Radioisotopes
  • Yttrium-90