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Emphysematous cholecystitis as a complication of hepatic arterial embolization

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We describe a case of emphysematous cholecystitis that developed 2 weeks after hepatic arterial embolization. Angiographers should be alert to the possibility of this complication developing under conditions when the cystic artery is not visualized on the post embolization arteriogram while present on the diagnostic study before embolization.

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  1. Douglas M. Coldwell M.D., Ph.D.

    Present address: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, George Washington University, 901 23rd St., N.W., 20037, Washington, D.C., USA

  2. Joseph A. Ricci

    Present address: Pennsylvania Hospital Insurance Company, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, USA

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  1. Department of Radiology, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA

    Douglas M. Coldwell M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Radiology, Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, USA

    Daniel W. Hottenstein

  3. Department of Medicine, Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, USA

    Joseph A. Ricci

  4. Department of Surgery, Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, USA

    Paul A. Wengert

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Coldwell, D.M., Hottenstein, D.W., Ricci, J.A. et al. Emphysematous cholecystitis as a complication of hepatic arterial embolization. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 8, 36–38 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02552638

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