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Percutaneous Transhepatic Embolization of a Bronchobiliary Fistula Developing Secondary to a Biloma After Conventional Transarterial Chemoembolization in a Patient with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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Kim, H.Y., Kwon, S.H., Oh, J.H. et al. Percutaneous Transhepatic Embolization of a Bronchobiliary Fistula Developing Secondary to a Biloma After Conventional Transarterial Chemoembolization in a Patient with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 39, 628–631 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-015-1224-y

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