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01-06-2010 | Case Report

Hepatic Abscess After Yttrium-90 Radioembolization for Islet-Cell Tumor Hepatic Metastasis

Authors: Neil B. Mascarenhas, Mary F. Mulcahy, Robert J. Lewandowski, Riad Salem, Robert K. Ryu

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 3/2010

Abstract

Infectious complications after yttrium-90 (y-90) radioembolization of hepatic tumors are rare. Most reports describe hepatic abscesses as complications of other locoregional therapies, such as transcatheter arterial embolization or chemoembolization. These usually occur in patients with a history of biliary intervention and present several weeks after treatment. We report a case of hepatic abscess formed immediately after y-90 radioembolization of a hepatic metastasis in a patient who had no history of previous biliary instrumentation.

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Title: Hepatic Abscess After Yttrium-90 Radioembolization for Islet-Cell Tumor Hepatic Metastasis
Authors: Neil B. Mascarenhas
Mary F. Mulcahy
Robert J. Lewandowski
Riad Salem
Robert K. Ryu
Publication date: 01-06-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 3/2010
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-009-9617-4

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Hepatic Abscess After Yttrium-90 Radioembolization for Islet-Cell Tumor Hepatic Metastasis

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