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Semin intervent Radiol 2015; 32(01): 022-025
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1396960
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Skin Necrosis Resulting from Nontarget Embolization of the Falciform Artery during Transarterial Chemoembolization with Drug-Eluting Beads

Mitchell T. Smith
1   Department of Radiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
,
David Thor Johnson
1   Department of Radiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
,
Matthew G. Gipson
1   Department of Radiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
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02 March 2015 (online)

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Abstract

Intra-arterial embolic therapies are a mainstay of liver-directed therapies to palliate symptoms, improve survival, and bridge patients to transplantation. Vascular anatomy and type of embolic used can lead to complications of nontarget embolization with varying clinical consequences. This case report describes a rare, nontarget embolization of the falciform artery leading to supraumbilical skin necrosis.

Keywords

chemoembolization - complication - nontarget embolization - embolization - interventional radiology
 

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