Pulmonary embolism after arterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma: an autopsy case report.
World J Gastroenterol
; 21(4): 1344-8, 2015 Jan 28.
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ABSTRACT
We report an extremely rare case of pulmonary lipiodol embolism with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A 77-year-old man who was diagnosed with a huge HCC was admitted for TACE. Immediately after the procedure, this patient experienced severe dyspnea. We suspected that his symptoms were associated with a pulmonary lipiodol embolism after TACE, and we began intensive treatment. However, his condition did not improve, and he died on the following day. A subsequent autopsy revealed that the cause of death was ARDS due to pulmonary lipiodol embolism. No cases have been previously reported for which an autopsy was performed to explain the most probable mechanism of pulmonary lipiodol embolism; thus, ours is the first report for such a rare case.
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Asunto principal:
Embolia Pulmonar
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Quimioembolización Terapéutica
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Aceite Etiodizado
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Carcinoma Hepatocelular
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Neoplasias Hepáticas
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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En
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World J Gastroenterol
Asunto de la revista:
GASTROENTEROLOGIA
Año:
2015
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Article
País de afiliación:
Japón