Icteric Type Hepatocelluar Carcinoma for Which Cholangioscopic Ethanol Injection Was Effective.
- Author:
Hyun Ju LEE
1
;
Jeoung Min SON
;
Moon Hee SONG
;
Dong Dae SEO
;
Sang Soo LEE
;
Kyu Bo SUNG
;
Ki Rhack KIM
;
Dong Wan SEO
;
Sung Koo LEE
;
Young Sang LEE
;
Myung Hwan KIM
;
Young Il MIN
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mhkim@www.amc.seoul.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hepatocellular carcinoma;
Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization;
Percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopic ethanol injection
- MeSH:
Bile Ducts;
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular;
Cholangitis;
Ethanol*;
Hepatic Veins;
Humans;
Jaundice;
Jaundice, Obstructive
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2001;22(3):187-191
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Hepatocellular carcinoma often invades the portal or hepatic veins, but rarely proliferates in the bile duct. Since curative resection is rarely possible in these cases, conservative therapy has been the sole modality. Herein, we report a case of icteric type hepatocellular carcinoma for which cholangioscopic ethanol injection was effective. By only transcatheter arterial chemoembolization in this patient, obstructive jaundice and intermittent cholangitis were not relieved. Therefore, we performed ethanol injection into the intraductal hepatoma mass under percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopic guidance. As a result of therapy, he had been well without jaundice and cholangitis for 9 months until die.
