Computed tomography demonstration of immediate and delayed complications of computed tomography-guided transthoracic percutaneous ethanol injection of hepatocellular carcinoma at the liver dome

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 590-596

  Tsai, Hong Ming ^a   Lin, Xi Zhang ^a   Chen, Chiung Yu ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complications; Computed tomography; Percutaneous ethanol injection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; LIVER; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CLASSIFIEDS; COMPLICATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; PERCUTANEOUS ETHANOL INJECTION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; TUBULARS; UP PERIOD;

ETHANOL;

ALCOHOL; MEGLUMINE IOXITALAMATE PLUS SODIUM IOXITALAMATE;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG EXTRAVASATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0041704779     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200307000-00025     Document Type: Article

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