Skin Necrosis Resulting from Nontarget Embolization of the Falciform Artery during Transarterial Chemoembolization with Drug-Eluting Beads

Mitchell T Smith; David Thor Johnson; Matthew G Gipson

doi:10.1055/s-0034-1396960

Skin Necrosis Resulting from Nontarget Embolization of the Falciform Artery during Transarterial Chemoembolization with Drug-Eluting Beads

Semin Intervent Radiol. 2015 Mar;32(1):22-5. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1396960.

Authors

Mitchell T Smith¹, David Thor Johnson¹, Matthew G Gipson¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.

Abstract

Intra-arterial embolic therapies are a mainstay of liver-directed therapies to palliate symptoms, improve survival, and bridge patients to transplantation. Vascular anatomy and type of embolic used can lead to complications of nontarget embolization with varying clinical consequences. This case report describes a rare, nontarget embolization of the falciform artery leading to supraumbilical skin necrosis.

Keywords: chemoembolization; complication; embolization; interventional radiology; nontarget embolization.

Publication types

Review