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Fatal thrombosis of the portal vein following single-session percutaneous ethanol injection therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma

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Two weeks after percutaneous ethanol injection therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma, performed by injecting 110 mL ethanol in a single session with general anesthesia, a 69-year-old woman with well-compensated liver cirrhosis developed an extensive thrombosis of the whole portal tree that caused severe uncorrectable ascites and progressive deterioration of her general condition, resulting in death 6 weeks after the procedure.

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  1. Division of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Department of Oncology, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, I-56126 Pisa, Italy, IT

    R. Lencioni, D. Cioni & C. Bartolozzi

  2. Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Santa Chiara University Hospital, Via Roma 67, I-56126 Pisa, Italy, IT

    M. Uliana

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Received: 9 July 1997/Accepted: 20 August 1997

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Lencioni, R., Cioni, D., Uliana, M. et al. Fatal thrombosis of the portal vein following single-session percutaneous ethanol injection therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma. Abdom Imaging 23, 608–610 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002619900413

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