Abdominal Skin Rash After TACE Due to Non-Target Embolization of Hepatic Falciform Artery

Authors

Prashant Nagpal, New York Medical College
Mitesh Bhalala, New York Medical College
Nisha Sharma, New York Medical College
Dhruv Mehta, New York Medical College
Sam McCabe, New York Medical CollegeFollow
Roxana Bodin, New York Medical College

First Page

217

Last Page

220

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-15-2016

Department

Medicine

Second Department

Neurology

Abstract

Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is a well-recognized procedure for management of hepatocellular carcinoma. We present a 54-year-old man who presented with a periumbilical maculopapular skin rash that developed after an otherwise uneventful TACE procedure. A retrospective review of imaging was consistent with non-target embolization of the hepatic falciform artery (HFA). He was treated with oral non-steroidal antiinflammatory medication for 3 weeks with improvement, but had slight skin induration and an excoriated papule at 6-month follow-up. Non-target embolization of HFA is very rare, but clinicians and interventionalists should be aware of this complication, especially in patients predisposed to enlargement of HFA.

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Recommended Citation

Nagpal, P., Bhalala, M., Vidholia, A., Sao, R., Sharma, N., Mehta, D., . . . Bodin, R. (2016). Abdominal skin rash after TACE due to non-target embolization of hepatic falciform artery. ACG Case Reports Journal, 3(3), 217-220. doi:10.14309/crj.2016.55

Publisher's Statement

Originally published in ACG Case Reports Journal. Licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0. https://doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.55