Rare pulmonary and cerebral complications after transarterial chemoembolisation for hepatocellular carcinoma:A case report

作     者：Hua Zhao Hui-Qin Wang Qing-Qiu Fan Xing-Xian Chen Jian-Ying Lou 

作者机构：Second Affiliated Hospital Medical College of Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310009 Zhejiang Province China 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2008年第14卷第41期

页      面：6425-6427页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Hepatocellular carcinoma Chemoembolization Therapeutic Pulmonary embolism Cerebral embolism 

摘      要：We report a rare case of acute pulmonary and cerebral complication after transarterial chemoembolisation (TACE) for inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma. The case involved a large tumor and hepatic vein invasion. Nonspecific pulmonary and cerebral symptoms such as acute dyspnoea and transient consciousness loss developed in the patient, a 49-year-old woman, following the TACE due to pulmonary and cerebral oil embolism. The chest and brain conditions of this patient improved after some supportive therapies and nursing interventions. She also subsequently completed the other three procedures of TACE.