Hepatic Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization Complicated by Postembolization Syndrome
- 16 June 2011
- journal article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Seminars in Interventional Radiology
- Vol. 28 (02), 207-211
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0031-1280666
Abstract
Postembolization syndrome (PES) is a common complication after embolic procedures, and it is a frequent cause of extended inpatient hospital admissions. PES is a self-limited constellation of symptoms consisting of fevers, unremitting nausea, general malaise, loss of appetite, and variable abdominal pain following the procedure. Although a definite cause is unknown, this syndrome is thought to be a result of therapeutic cytotoxicity, tumor ischemia, and resulting intrahepatic and extrahepatic inflammation. The authors report a case of PES precipitated by transcatheter intrarterial chemoembolization of hepatic metastases.Keywords
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