Ruptured Peritoneal Dissemination of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Successfully Treated with Transcatheter Arterial Embolization: A Case Report and Literature Review
Ryo Aoki, Miyuki Kambe, Tomohiro Numata, Ritsuko Oishi, Manabu Morimoto, Zenjiro Sekikawa, Daisuke Utsunomiya · 2026
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Description
Ryo Aoki and co-authors reported emergency artery blocking for a ruptured liver cancer spread in the belly in 2026. Such a rupture is rare and can kill through bleeding. A sixty-six-year-old man, treated before for liver cancer, arrived in hemorrhagic shock from a burst nodule on the belly lining.
Doctors threaded a catheter through a twisting omental artery using a triple-layer system. A glue mixture and sponge particles sealed the bleed. A review found only eight prior cases, with a third of patients dying. Surgery is often chosen, but access can be hard. The authors present catheter embolization as a workable, gentler option when the feeding artery can be found and reached.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ryo Aoki, Miyuki Kambe, Tomohiro Numata, Ritsuko Oishi, Manabu Morimoto, Zenjiro Sekikawa, Daisuke Utsunomiya |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 18 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |