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01-11-2009 | Case Report

Rhabdomyolysis Developing After Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Authors: Kunishige Matake, Tsuyoshi Tajima, Kengo Yoshimitsu, Hiroyuki Irie, Hitoshi Aibe, Atsushi Sugitani, Hiroshi Honda

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 6/2009

Abstract

A 25-year-old man with hepatocellular carcinoma developed severe muscular weakness and pain 15 days after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE). The diagnosis of rhabdomyolysis was made based on myalgia localized in the bilateral upper extremities (bilateral trapezius, deltoid, biceps brachii, and teres major muscles) on magnetic resonance imaging and increased levels of muscle-derived serum enzymes. In this case, some drugs administered during the clinical course of TACE (diclofenac, famotidine, and cefotiam dihydrochloride) were suspected to be involved in the rhabdomyolysis, but the exact cause of rhabdomyolysis was not identified. The symptoms were completely improved by right trisegmentectomy of the liver following conservative treatment.

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Title: Rhabdomyolysis Developing After Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Authors: Kunishige Matake
Tsuyoshi Tajima
Kengo Yoshimitsu
Hiroyuki Irie
Hitoshi Aibe
Atsushi Sugitani
Hiroshi Honda
Publication date: 01-11-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 6/2009
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-009-9670-z

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Rhabdomyolysis Developing After Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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