Hepatocellular carcinoma developing at the puncture site after percutaneous ethanol injection

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-107

  Almeida, Jazon ^a   Mesquita, Maria ^a   Ferraz, José ^a   Yamanaka, Ademar ^a   Escanhoela, Cecília ^a   Boin, Ilka Fátima ^a   Pereira, Gustavo ^a   Pereira, Tiago ^a   Soares, Elza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Needle tract seeding; Percutaneous ethanol injection

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CHIBA NEEDLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION SITE; INJECTION SITE MASS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; METASTASIS; NEEDLE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; RARE DISEASE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ETHANOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM SEEDING; NEOPLASMS, ADIPOSE TISSUE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 38349192871     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20428     Document Type: Article

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