Transcatheter Arterial Embolization in the Treatment of Liver Hemangioma

Objective To evaluate the clinical application and therapeutic effect of transcatheter arterial embolization in treatment of liver hemangioma. Methods Eighteen patients with liver hemangioma were treated by transcatheter arterial embolization. The sizes of main tumor were from 3.5cm×3.3cm to 10.0cm×8.0cm. Puncturing femoral artery with sseldinger's technology,hepatic artery and superior mesenteric artery angiography were applied,then superselective arterial embolization with pingyangmycin lipiodol emulsion. The supplying artery of the tumors were embolized by gelfoam particles.The cases were followed-up for three months to two years after the therapy. Results All of the tumors shrank to different degrees after the embolic therapy. The iodized oil deposited well. No serious complicated diseases such as destructive biliary damage appeared. Conclusion The transcatheter arterial embolization with pingyangmycin lipiodol emulsion to treat liver hemangioma is effective and with fewer complications,and should be the important choice of treatment for most cases.