Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy Combined with Venous Embolization in a Patient with Hepatic Metastases with an Arteriovenous Shunt

We describe herein a patient who had hepatic metastases with an arteriovenous shunt and was treated by hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy. The arteriovenous shunt was diagnosed by 99m Tc-macroaggregated albumin scintigraphy and hepatic venous embolization was performed to reduce shunt flow.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cardiovascular and interventional radiology 2009-07, Vol.32 (4), p.796-800
Hauptverfasser:	Nishiofuku, Hideyuki, Tanaka, Toshihiro, Sakaguchi, Hiroshi, Yamamoto, Kiyosei, Inoue, Masayoshi, Sueyoshi, Satoru, Shinnkai, Takayuki, Hasegawa, Masatoshi, Kichikawa, Kimihiko
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ALBUMINS Angiography Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic - therapeutic use ARTERIES Arteriovenous Fistula - diagnostic imaging BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES BLOOD VESSELS BODY BYPASSES Cardiology CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM Case Report CHEMOTHERAPY Combined Modality Therapy Contrast Media COUNTING TECHNIQUES DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES DIGESTIVE SYSTEM Embolization, Therapeutic - methods Female Fluorouracil - therapeutic use GLANDS HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES Humans Imaging INFUSION Infusions, Intra-Arterial INTAKE INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES ISOTOPES LIVER Liver Neoplasms - diagnosis Liver Neoplasms - drug therapy Liver Neoplasms - secondary Liver Neoplasms - therapy MEDICINE Medicine & Public Health METASTASES Middle Aged Nuclear Medicine NUCLEI ODD-EVEN NUCLEI ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ORGANS PROTEINS RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING RADIOISOTOPES Radiology RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE Radionuclide Imaging Radiopharmaceuticals Rectal Neoplasms - pathology SCINTISCANNING TECHNETIUM 99 TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin THERAPY Tomography, X-Ray Computed Ultrasound YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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Zusammenfassung:	We describe herein a patient who had hepatic metastases with an arteriovenous shunt and was treated by hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy. The arteriovenous shunt was diagnosed by 99m Tc-macroaggregated albumin scintigraphy and hepatic venous embolization was performed to reduce shunt flow.
ISSN:	0174-1551 1432-086X
DOI:	10.1007/s00270-008-9464-8