Rare pulmonary infarction after superior epigastric artery chemoembolization of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Haug, James Runback, John Herman, Chaim "Kevin"
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Nontarget organ complications are a rare, yet serious side effect of transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) procedures. We describe a case of a patient with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma who subsequently developed right-lower-lobar pulmonary infarction approximately three weeks after receiving TACE, owing to an abnormal vascular connection between the superior epigastric artery and the distal right pulmonary artery. Our case stresses the importance of pre-operative planning and imaging to familiarize oneself with variations in vascular anatomy and to recognize symptoms associated with even the rarest complication associated with TACE procedures, so as to initiate treatment and improve patient outcome.
Volume Number	7
PubMed Central reference number	PMC4899683
Issue Number	3
PubMed reference number	27326308
Journal	Radiology Case Reports [Radiol Case Rep]
e-ISSN	19300433
DOI	10.2484/rcr.v7i3.747
Language	English
Publisher	Elsevier
Publisher Date	2012-01-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). © 2012 The Authors.
Subject Keyword	CT, computed tomography TACE, transarterial chemoembolization HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging