Long-term palliative treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma extending into the portal vein and bile duct by chemoembolization and metallic stenting

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 1997 Sep-Oct;20(5):390-3. doi: 10.1007/s002709900175.

Abstract

We present a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma accompanied by portal vein and bile duct tumor thrombi. The patient was treated with a spiral Z-stent covered by a polyethylene sheet placed in the bile duct, a Wallstent placed in the portal vein, chemoembolization, and external radiation therapy. The patient is alive with patency of both endoprostheses 18 months later.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage
  • Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnostic imaging
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / therapy*
  • Chemoembolization, Therapeutic*
  • Epirubicin / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Iodized Oil / administration & dosage
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating*
  • Palliative Care / methods*
  • Portal Vein
  • Radiography
  • Stents*

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Epirubicin
  • Iodized Oil