PDF
Brief Communication | Open Access
Percutaneous Ethanol Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Periprocedural Onset Alcohol Toxicity and Pancreatitis Following Conventional Percutaneous Ethanol Ablation Treatment
Kirsteen Rennie Burton
,1 Helena O’Dwyer,2 and Charles Scudamore31Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2Department of Radiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3Department of General Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Abstract
A novel case of acute pancreatitis in a patient treated with percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma is described. The most commonly reported adverse effects of PEI are hepatic or peritoneal hemorrhage, hepatic insufficiency or infarction. There are no previous reports of fatal acute pancreatitis as a result of conventional PEI.
Copyright
Copyright © 2009 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
