Severe complication after a doxorubicin-eluting-bead embolization: surgical management and pathological findings.

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Date publication

février 2011

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr BACHELLIER Philippe, Pr PESSAUX Patrick


Tous les auteurs :
Lesevic V, Marzano E, Greget M, Rosso E, Bachellier P, Pessaux P

Résumé

Doxorubicin-eluting-bead embolization (DEB) is considered a safe and efficient treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with a low complication rate and an increased tumor response compared with conventional transarterial chemoembolization. We describe a case of a 69-year-old patient who underwent DEB for HCC and who developed a liver abscess requiring urgent left liver lobectomy. Despite this severe complication, efficacy of DEB embolization was histologically proved as a large ischemic zone with complete tumor necrosis.

Référence

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2011 Feb;34 Suppl 2:S186-9