Rupture and intra-peritoneal bleeding of a hepatocellular carcinoma after a transarterial chemoembolization procedure: a case report

BACKGROUND: Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is a well accepted treatment for inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). While minor complications involve 10% of all patients, severe complications are rare. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a case of a 90-year-old male with a large, superficial H...

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Autores principales: Reso, Artan, Ball, Chad G, Sutherland, Francis R, Bathe, Oliver, Dixon, Elijah
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19154593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-68

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