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Fatal liver necrosis following percutaneous ethanol injection for hepatocellular carcinoma
M Taavitsainen1, T Vehmas, R Kauppila
1Department of Radiology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
Abdominal Imaging
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
A 76-year-old man underwent an injection of 5 ml of ethanol for the treatment of a hepatocellular carcinoma 3 cm in diameter. Shortly after the procedure, he had an attack of abdominal pain. His condition soon deteriorated and he died 5 days later. Massive hepatic necroses distant from the injection site and a myocardial infarction were found at autopsy. To our knowledge, this is the first fatality associated with percutaneous ethanol injection therapy.