A preliminary study of percutaneous ethanol injection therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: evaluation of the ethanol diffusion area by the ethanol mixed with gadolinium

To evaluate the ethanol diffusion area after Lipoidalization in 3 patients with advanced HCC treated by Lipoidalization-PEIT combination therapy, 99.9% ethanol mixed with Gadolinium was used for PEIT (Gd-PEIT). T1-weighted MR images wear obtained 1 hr after Gd-PEIT. The area of homogeneous hyperinte...

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Published in:	Nihon Igaku Hoshasen Gakkai zasshi. Nippon acta radiologica Vol. 56; no. 7; p. 517
Main Authors:	Matsumura, K, Kiyota, K, Inokuchi, H, Tahashi, Y, Hirota, M, Habu, Y, Takazakura, R, Ohnaka, Y, Furukawa, A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Japanese
Published:	Japan 01-06-1996
Subjects:	Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - diagnosis Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - therapy Embolization, Therapeutic Ethanol - administration & dosage Gadolinium Humans Injections, Intralesional Iodized Oil - administration & dosage Liver Neoplasms - diagnosis Liver Neoplasms - therapy Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Summary:	To evaluate the ethanol diffusion area after Lipoidalization in 3 patients with advanced HCC treated by Lipoidalization-PEIT combination therapy, 99.9% ethanol mixed with Gadolinium was used for PEIT (Gd-PEIT). T1-weighted MR images wear obtained 1 hr after Gd-PEIT. The area of homogeneous hyperintense change on T1-weighted MR images was taken to be the ethanol diffusion area. In all 3 patients, homogeneous hyperintensity throughout the tumor over the capsule was recognized on T1-weighted MR images after treatment. The results suggests that T1-weighted MR images after Gd-PEIT provide a valuable tool by which to directly evaluate the ethanol diffusion area for advanced HCC treated by Lipoidalization followed by PEIT.
ISSN:	0048-0428