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A 63-year-old male patient with compensated cirrhosis underwent transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) and percutaneous ethanol injection therapy (PEIT) for a minute hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Although the HCC was successfully treated, esophageal varices worsened and refractory ascites developed 3 months after the TAE and PEIT. Liver atrophy progressed rapidly compared to the natural course of liver cirrhosis.
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Motoo, Y., Okai, T., Matsui, O. et al. Liver atrophy after transcatheter arterial embolization and percutaneous ethanol injection therapy for a minute hepatocellular carcinoma. Gastrointest Radiol 16, 164–166 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01887335
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