Liver-spleen infarcts following transcatheter chemoembolization: A case report and review of the literature on adverse effects

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 938-943

  Cohen, Shmuel E ^a   Safadi, Rifaat ^b   Verstandig, Anthony ^b   Eid, Ahmed ^b   Sasson, Talia ^b   Symmer, Lev ^b   Shouval, Daniel ^b  

^a JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

chemoembolization; infarction; liver; spleen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFARCTION; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER DISEASE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INFARCTION;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; IODIZED OIL; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; SPLENIC INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030998264     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018816531421     Document Type: Article

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