Uneven acute non-alcoholic fatty change of the liver after percutaneous transhepatic portal vein embolization in a patient with hilar cholangiocarcinoma – a case report

Uneven acute non-alcoholic fatty change of the liver after percutaneous transhepatic portal vein embolization in a patient with hilar cholangiocarcinoma – a case report

Abstract Background Portal vein embolization is essential for patients with biliary cancer who undergo extended hepatectomy to induce hypertrophy of the future remnant liver. Over 830 patients have undergone the portal vein embolization at our institution since 1990. Non-alcoholic fatty liver diseas...

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Main Authors: Chun-Yi Tsai, Motoi Nojiri, Yukihiro Yokoyama, Tomoki Ebata, Takashi Mizuno, Masato Nagino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Portal vein embolization
Hilar cholangiocarcinoma
Biliary tract obstruction
Case report
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12876-017-0715-5

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