Acute Thrombocytopenia: An Unusual Complication Occurring After Drug-Eluting Microspheres Transcatheter Hepatic Chemoembolization
Autor: | Benedetta Montagna, Chiara Pagella, Alessio Amatu, Giovanni Bernardo, Barbara Tagliaferri, Emma Pozzi, Federico Sottotetti, Guido Poggi, Pietro Quaretti |
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Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Organoplatinum Compounds Antineoplastic Agents Adenocarcinoma Drug eluting microspheres Neuroendocrine tumors Irinotecan Microsphere Leukocyte Count medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Chemoembolization Therapeutic Platelet Count business.industry Liver Neoplasms Middle Aged medicine.disease Thrombocytopenia Microspheres Oxaliplatin Sigmoid Neoplasms Hepatocellular carcinoma Acute Disease Colonic Neoplasms Camptothecin Radiology Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Complication business Follow-Up Studies medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology. 34:190-194 |
ISSN: | 1432-086X 0174-1551 |
Popis: | Image-guided transcatheter hepatic chemoembolization (TACE) is accepted worldwide as an effective treatment for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma and liver metastases from neuroendocrine tumors, colorectal carcinomas, and uveal melanomas. Although the technique is relatively safe, it has been associated with several complications. We report the cases of two patients with colorectal liver metastases who developed acute thrombocytopenia a few hours after TACE. To our knowledge, acute thrombocytopenia occurring after TACE with drug-eluting microspheres has not yet been reported. Here we discuss the hypothetical etiopathogenetic mechanisms. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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